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7th Dragon III Code: VFD |OT| Of Seiyuus and Seiryuus
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3 new DLC were coming out today yet only 2 have?
July 19, 2016: Code: Student! $1.99. A chance to recruit 7th Dragon 2020s Samurai.
July 19, 2016: Code: Otaku! $1.99. A chance to recruit 7th Dragon 2020s hacker.
July 19, 2016: Code: Lucier! $1.99. A chance to recruit 7th Dragon 2020s Lucier.
Joe Molotov
Member
Final boss is kicking my ass, I'm gonna have to do a little grindan I guess.
When he starts spamming Lightning Storm in his final form, I'm just getting rekt. I don't know if there's a trick to it that I'm missing, because once I did something and he calmed instead of casting Lightning Storm. I thought it was because I used Break after he casted Fury, but I did that again and it didn't work, so I guess not.
oh, I found the dates in the OP to this thread, guess it's wrong?
Teriyaki Blues
Member
Move past where the third High Dragon was, climb the tree via ramp.
Thanks. The map in this area is garbage.
Holy shit, my Rune-Knight's counter when killed skill took out a third of chapter 5's boss's health and won the battle for me. Epic save for a boss I thought I would need a dozen tries for. And here I thought my Rune-Knight was my weakest member. Great music for that battle too.
OniBarubary
Banned
So I was messing around with my skills to see if I had some better set-ups and basically had this situation happen.
Looking at my Duelist, see the Judgment skill which I didn't really "get" before. Was like...hrm, well it does neutral damage and says the damage is massive if I lay all three traps down so maybe it'll be worth it though a lot of times you could just use other abilities during that time to do more damage generally speaking. So I try for it a couple times but no enemies hit me so I didn't know if I was doing something wrong or an enemy needed to activate all three or whatever. Kinda dismiss it.
Get into a fight with a dragon, supply draw on my first turn and basically get a set up to lay all three traps down. Figure why the hell not, it's not a really tough battle, lemme see if I missed something. So as I'm laying traps down, I'm hitting it with my powerhouse and main damage dealer the God Hand for like...250 a Jab, 500 or 600 a Backfist. Normal damage. I lay down my third trap and the dragon hits my Duelist and activates Judgment. I'm like "Oh neat, that's how it works" and then it does 3700 damage and drops the Dragon from 80% of it's life to dead.
I was on the train and just let out a loud "Yoooooooooooooo" involuntarily.
Also, how the hell did you verbally say a star emoji? These symbol sentence endings be tripping me out
Looking at my Duelist, see the Judgment skill which I didn't really "get" before. Was like...hrm, well it does neutral damage and says the damage is massive if I lay all three traps down so maybe it'll be worth it though a lot of times you could just use other abilities during that time to do more damage generally speaking. So I try for it a couple times but no enemies hit me so I didn't know if I was doing something wrong or an enemy needed to activate all three or whatever. Kinda dismiss it.
Get into a fight with a dragon, supply draw on my first turn and basically get a set up to lay all three traps down. Figure why the hell not, it's not a really tough battle, lemme see if I missed something. So as I'm laying traps down, I'm hitting it with my powerhouse and main damage dealer the God Hand for like...250 a Jab, 500 or 600 a Backfist. Normal damage. I lay down my third trap and the dragon hits my Duelist and activates Judgment. I'm like "Oh neat, that's how it works" and then it does 3700 damage and drops the Dragon from 80% of it's life to dead.
I was on the train and just let out a loud "Yoooooooooooooo" involuntarily.
Also, how the hell did you verbally say a star emoji? These symbol sentence endings be tripping me out
Dandy Crocodile
Member
You mean you can't talk like this?~✦☆🌠
Beat the game. There was a noticeable difficulty spike at chapter 5, but then you got EX skills and the rest of the game was not too tough. Final boss went down like a chump.
About the ending,
Overall, pretty good. Difficulty felt about right, if a tad on the easy side overall once you figured out a few classes' tricks (though my Duelist always felt weak). The lack of 3D was lame, and it felt like it was trying to have higher production values then it ended up having. Plot and characters were standard JRPG fare, but they were fine enough. My character apparently sleeping with everyone was funny. The classes were all neat, and the battles were short enough that I didn't mind not being able to skip animations. Dungeon crawling could get tense, but not too bad thanks to plenty of skills, level up healing, party switching, and rest stations. QOL features were great. The backup party members leveling just as much as the active party was wonderful. Backup skills in battle and unionize unfortunately were underutilized seeing how fast battles went. Not the greatest 3DS JRPG I've played, but it was solid fun the entire time.
Confuse Guards kept my third team alive to wreck the first phase. Then my second team was able to easily plow through the second phase. In the final part everything went towards keeping my dual wielding samurai main character alive and well as she solid stanced into her EX attack. Followed by filling up her Exhaust Gauge again so that she could repeat it. Boom, final boss dead in 4 turns.
About the ending,
didn't realize Nagamimi was a girl. But more importantly, where the hell was the rest of my party? They just straight up disappeared with no sight of them in the new world. Didn't feel right not having them there.
Overall, pretty good. Difficulty felt about right, if a tad on the easy side overall once you figured out a few classes' tricks (though my Duelist always felt weak). The lack of 3D was lame, and it felt like it was trying to have higher production values then it ended up having. Plot and characters were standard JRPG fare, but they were fine enough. My character apparently sleeping with everyone was funny. The classes were all neat, and the battles were short enough that I didn't mind not being able to skip animations. Dungeon crawling could get tense, but not too bad thanks to plenty of skills, level up healing, party switching, and rest stations. QOL features were great. The backup party members leveling just as much as the active party was wonderful. Backup skills in battle and unionize unfortunately were underutilized seeing how fast battles went. Not the greatest 3DS JRPG I've played, but it was solid fun the entire time.
OniBarubary
Banned
Agh how do you guys do that
Also, I've been fighting
Haze
Try grinding a bit, getting a few levels really makes a difference.
I wouldn't call this a spoiler, but more like awareness... after you beat the game, cutscenes, story, ending credits etc, it lets you save again. A new zone unlocks called the Shadow Realm...
@Sterok
Last set of dlcs should go up today I think! >.>?
This zone costs 50dz to enter, which is what you'll have if you killed every dragon in the game.
@Sterok
The final bosses final form goes haywire so to speak on turn 5, so lucky you. Turn 4 is Matk up, and full wipe turn 5, you can defend, but if you don't remove the buff, and the attack doesn't remove the buff either, it'll keep using it every round 450~ without mdef up or defending... also note that sometimes your ally doesn't remove the buff with a buddy attack either, the most I had it continue this ultimate was 3 turns, before I just wiped.
Last set of dlcs should go up today I think! >.>?
CartridgeBlower
Member
Just about to open this and wondering what difficulty level people recommend? Is this one of those games where 'normal' is really 'easy'?
Takeda Kenshi
blew Staal
It's an easy game to begin with, definitely choose 'Normal.'
Easy would probably make A for Awesome look like hard mode.
There is a nice bite to the dragon fights I think and some boss fights really are challenging (then there's the NG+) but on a whole it's a really easy game. Funny how the series went from DQ-styled EO to some "what if" to making Etrian Odyssey WAY more accessible. Would've liked a DQ styled globe trotting adventure still but once they took the series to Tokyo I figured that was out the window.
There is a nice bite to the dragon fights I think and some boss fights really are challenging (then there's the NG+) but on a whole it's a really easy game. Funny how the series went from DQ-styled EO to some "what if" to making Etrian Odyssey WAY more accessible. Would've liked a DQ styled globe trotting adventure still but once they took the series to Tokyo I figured that was out the window.
The final free (for a limited time) DLC set is out now fyi.
No Lucifer DLC? I was under the impression it was suppose to be with the final set of DLC.
You don't just get them, you have to do a very minor quest to unlock them.
Also, decided to goof around, talk to the people in the sky lounge 3x (the ids), and you get an item... some are legendary weapons >.>; that are worse than the shop items ¯\_(ツ
_/¯ , but some of the accessories are nice. You also get some really uhh odd and questionable dialogue >.>; I think I've had sexual relations (highly implied) with everyone now?
Also, decided to goof around, talk to the people in the sky lounge 3x (the ids), and you get an item... some are legendary weapons >.>; that are worse than the shop items ¯\_(ツ
_/¯ , but some of the accessories are nice. You also get some really uhh odd and questionable dialogue >.>; I think I've had sexual relations (highly implied) with everyone now?OniBarubary
Banned
Ha ha ha, so I switched to my secondary party for shits and giggles and wiped the floor with the Chapter 4 boss that was giving me so much trouble. My team of Runic/Samurai/Diviner just had so much damage mitigation and ailment removal that it severely limited his ability to do damage and I was recovering from it too fast. I feel kinda stupid.
I really like this game a lot. I think the classes are super interesting and a far cry from your stock standard classes. Most have multiple builds you could go into and a lot of them have multiple synergies with other classes. I really am angry that I only have three slots in battle because I want to experiment so much with different party make ups.
I also enjoy the cute style and have no issues whatsoever with the designs or aesthetics. The games plot is serviceable but what makes it fun to play are the characters because it keeps a very irreverent and self-aware light-hearted tone throughout even when dealing with their heavy moments. Good localization.
I've been waiting ages for this series to come over here and I really want more games in it. I hope it does well enough to get the next game to come over.
I really like this game a lot. I think the classes are super interesting and a far cry from your stock standard classes. Most have multiple builds you could go into and a lot of them have multiple synergies with other classes. I really am angry that I only have three slots in battle because I want to experiment so much with different party make ups.
I also enjoy the cute style and have no issues whatsoever with the designs or aesthetics. The games plot is serviceable but what makes it fun to play are the characters because it keeps a very irreverent and self-aware light-hearted tone throughout even when dealing with their heavy moments. Good localization.
I've been waiting ages for this series to come over here and I really want more games in it. I hope it does well enough to get the next game to come over.
Makes sense, I waited until too late to bother with some things, I've done almost everything now. All cats/quests/people/dragons, beat the game, just doing a little prep before finishing the shadow realm, its MUCH harder than the normal game...
The normal fights are dragons that are much stronger than any other dragons in the game, ya know, minus bosses...
I thought this was the last game in the series?
OniBarubary
Banned
Oh, I thought there was one more after VFD. Guess I was wrong.
adversesolutions
Member
Goddamn, did anyone beat the Allie's Death March mission (not sure of the English translation)? I managed to beat the boss rush dungeon, but this thing is kicking my ass! I feel like you would need to have two Banishers jumping on alternate turns with a Fortuner auto-rezing everybody to even make it through.
Just finished the main story, took around 30 hours total. It's a pretty straightforward and simple game, but I had a lot of fun with it. Soundtrack is really good. I'm not sure if I'll bother with the post-game yet, but either way, I'm happy I picked this up.
robotzombie
Member
Anyone have any cool party/skill build suggestions?
I finally got my third team and all classes, and I've been doing a little hoarding when it comes to skill points so I want to finally let loose
I finally got my third team and all classes, and I've been doing a little hoarding when it comes to skill points so I want to finally let loose
The game is pretty much easy so they designed Bosses to inflict status ailments instead. Just got wrecked by Boss because it can inflict almost all status ailment there is in the game. Damage from the boss is not a problem though, just need to survive this onslaught of status effects.
Joe Molotov
Member
There's an accessory that gives you a 55% chance to avoid all status effects, that's a nice one to have.
CartridgeBlower
Member
When does my second team unlock? I seem to be able to register new party members but can't form a second party yet. Just got to the chapter 2 and can now go to the level after Atlantis, forget the name.
you're almost there. make some progress in ch 2
CartridgeBlower
Member
Okay, cool. Thanks!
Snakethesniper
Member
So, was this confirmed for EU? I've read on an italian website that it's coming out on octorber 28th and you can actually preorder it
NeonZ
Member
This game is pretty fun. I wasn't grabbed by the demo, but the combat got much funner once I got into upgrading skills and buying new ones (and soon afterwards the 2nd team being added).
Does anyone know if the npc's quotes would have changed if my 2nd team had been all composed by Luciers? There are many npc quotes that specifically treat it like a team from Tokyo, so it makes me wonder if all that dialogue would change for a Lucier exclusive team...
Does anyone know if the npc's quotes would have changed if my 2nd team had been all composed by Luciers? There are many npc quotes that specifically treat it like a team from Tokyo, so it makes me wonder if all that dialogue would change for a Lucier exclusive team...
dreamlongdead
Member
I finished the game a week ago, but I'm just posting a summary of my experience.
I enjoyed this game a lot. The difficulty is nowhere near the Etrian series, but the battle system and classes are just so well designed. Mobs and mini-bosses were a cakewalk, but the True Dragon battles did require actual strategy. I actually liked the fact that game forced you to use multiple parties up at certain moments, because it shows you how every class plays. In some Etrian Odyssey games, I never even used some classes.
The plot was just serviceable, but the characters had a lot of personality. They added charm to this game.
The music is just absolutely fantastic! This is one of the best OSTs out there, and it's a shame that it will be overlooked.
The only negative thing I encountered involved some issues with the quest system. I was locked out of one particular quest (that rewarded a very useful accessory) due to story progression, and I didn't want to go back to my previous save (5 hours earlier) just to do it. I was able to do the quest during the next chapter, but this was annoying. I also started to get burned out on the fetch quests, but my overall experience was highly enjoyable.
7th Dragon III is just a really good game.
I enjoyed this game a lot. The difficulty is nowhere near the Etrian series, but the battle system and classes are just so well designed. Mobs and mini-bosses were a cakewalk, but the True Dragon battles did require actual strategy. I actually liked the fact that game forced you to use multiple parties up at certain moments, because it shows you how every class plays. In some Etrian Odyssey games, I never even used some classes.
The plot was just serviceable, but the characters had a lot of personality. They added charm to this game.
The music is just absolutely fantastic! This is one of the best OSTs out there, and it's a shame that it will be overlooked.
The only negative thing I encountered involved some issues with the quest system. I was locked out of one particular quest (that rewarded a very useful accessory) due to story progression, and I didn't want to go back to my previous save (5 hours earlier) just to do it. I was able to do the quest during the next chapter, but this was annoying. I also started to get burned out on the fetch quests, but my overall experience was highly enjoyable.
7th Dragon III is just a really good game.
Chie Satonaka
Member
Regarding
EX Skills...
Can you only get them for your first playable character? Because I've tried to trigger them for my other team members, but it doesn't seem to be working.
Can you only get them for your first playable character? Because I've tried to trigger them for my other team members, but it doesn't seem to be working.
The member in question has to be a party leader.
Chie Satonaka
Member
Yeah, I did that, it still didn't trigger.
I got the one for my first character, but I switched both of my other characters to leader and nothing happened.
Is there a cutoff point?
No I don't think so. Did you talk to
Yoshida first before doing the quest? You need to activate each quest individually.
Chie Satonaka
Member
NeonZ
Member
I'm kind of disappointed (ending spoilers) about how
I was actually surprised that there weren't more fetch quests. Many monster drop items end up existing just to be sold for money.
Nagamimi doesn't keep the form from the epilogue in the post-game. It's weird because the new dungeon makes it seem like it's post-ending, but the actual Nodens area is just like how it was before the final dungeon. It'd be neat if they had updated it to be post game. They'd just need to remove Allie and her two helpers and add new dialogue for the others, since the time machine could be used to explain everyone else being back.
I was actually surprised that there weren't more fetch quests. Many monster drop items end up existing just to be sold for money.