Bravely Default: For the Sequel – Full Free Play Edition

[Nitsuki]

The second that i got

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conjurer

and i grinded everyone to max lvl + maxed every job. I just turned off encounters and breezed through the game. The last boss was very satisfying. Worth just finishing it up.

[Twilight Sky]

Just gotta ask, how did you all go about beating that merchant for his asterisk.

Having tried twice, he murders me with his Take Over attack. The spell fencer that fights with him is no real threat, but can cheese me if the person that is hit with Take Over is his next target and finishes them off.

I use Monk(16/5), White Mage(16/5), Thief(15/1), Knight(14/3). (LVL/J-LVL)

I start off Defaulting everyone, and then Brave each on the next round and pound on the merchant. After that, he gains control with his Take Over abuse.

[Raldo]

Take Over is a static amount of damage (1000?) from him, right? Sounds like you just need to level up. Go continue on the story a bit, then come back.

[Twilight Sky]

It's 300dmg for me, for everyone except my monk, this puts them in the range of needing 2 cures to keep from being killed by another Take Over. I'll come back later then.

[Nitsuki]

Never go negative in brave points. General rule of all the boss fights.

[Serra]

Your stats go down if your job level is low, so that might be part of it. Your thief, I imagine, is doing next to nothing?

[Twilight Sky]

Your stats go down if your job level is low, so that might be part of it. Your thief, I imagine, is doing next to nothing?

1per hit. I guess a job level of 10 would be enough? JP is hard to come by with those big TNLs.

Oh and I never go negative in brave points for boss fights.

Basically I do this:

Monk:Default → Brave
White Mage:Default → Brave (depending on how cautious I am, Default → Default → Brave)
Thief:Default → Brave
Knight:Default → Brave

And I repeat the process.

Side note: If my math is right, Thief attacks 16 times in one go.

Edit: Tried again at lvl21 and kicked hiss ass.

[Twilight Sky]

Well 27 hours later, this was a good investment. A nice introduction into the 3DS.

I'm torn between who I like more: Agnes or Edea. I thought Ringabell was going to ruin the experience, but he actually adds some decent comic relief. Tiz is the typical shy protagonist, but at least he's not shy enough to call a girl pretty(but I think Agnes looks better in her freelance outfit).

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Although I just past the part where I killed the Valkyrie. It was satisfying killing that Summoner. I felt a bit bad for those Florems and the way she described killing them. Yeah that ass kicking was WELL deserved.

[Serra]

You beat the game in 27 hours? If so, I'm impressed -- I think I put in over 100 hours to this game..

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If you beat it, did you get the true ending or did you shatter one of the crystals?

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I think it's the 4th, maybe the 3rd, world that the battle with her, the pirate, and sage kinda goes and explains her motives. If I remember correctly, didn't she become super depressed/dark because she failed to find Susano-o?

And Edea is clearly the best, no contest.

[Twilight Sky]

No no. I haven't beat the game yet lol, I'm still in chapter 2.

[Nitsuki]

Mrgrgr

[Twilight Sky]

Alternis:

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Ok I was rooting for him to slash the shit out of Bitchoria. Her asskicking is certainly coming and that little stool pigeon puppet Victor. I hope she doesn't plan on using Exterminate because I know how to render that useless.

And a little thing about Agnes(note; just got to Chp 3)

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So it's said many time she's the only Vestal left, but not once up to this point has the Vestal of Earth ever been mentioned.

I am torn between Performer, White Mage and Time mage.

Since getting the WHM asterisk, Agnes has been that job. I suppose I'll just alternate between WHM/TM being subjobs. And leave it to SE to give RDM the fuck you even in this game lol.

And I had Edea being Knight main, but that all changed when I got Pirate.

I think Ringabel is going to be a Thief forever. Godspeed Strike is addicting.

[Xerlic]

And a little thing about Agnes(note; just got to Chp 3)

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So it's said many time she's the only Vestal left, but not once up to this point has the Vestal of Earth ever been mentioned.

You'll find out what happens to the Earth Vestal in Chapter 4, but if you really want to know...

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The Earth Temple is located in Eternia, which is where the Anticrystalism movement started 15 years before the start of the game. She died when the Templar took control of Eternia.

As far as your job choices, just do whatever you find fun as long as you still win. As you approach the end of the game, your chars will all have the same jobs mastered.

I was wondering what people used for their endgame parties. Spoilers CH5+.

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So I have 99 all chars and mastered most classes for all characters. I'm at the point where I'm fighting the asterisk holders in groups. I'm finding these fights to either go from me getting my shit kicked in or having to resort to some broken combo that annihilates anything I fight (Rage + Low Leverage, Free Lunch + Amped Strike, Stillness abuse, Hasten World abuse etc). Is there some balanced setup that doesn't just let you breeze through the game?

[Twilight Sky]

Am I right or wrong?

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The journal Ringabel has is Derosso's.

And it looks my endgame party so far may consist of

Monk/undecided
White Mage/Performer
Thief/undecided
Swordmaster/Pirate

Right now leveling all the other classes I have up to this point to lvl9.

Around level 54.

Templar

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Edea's father was a really annoying boss to fight, not because of his attacks(all weak) but he basically turtles all three phrases haha. Classic templar indeed.

I rather enjoyed the ninja sidequest.

[Karbuncle]

Am I right or wrong?

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The journal Ringabel has is Derosso's.

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wrong ;o

[Twilight Sky]

Ah, it certainly seemed that way by the way everyone was talking haha.

[Mina]

It'll become clear and there will be no question on that journal's owner as you play.


So for those of you who have beaten the game, I haven't yet but...:

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I'm 100% sure I'm supposed to be breaking the crystals at this point and everything in the game is basically telling me that Airy is bad. At this point the only reason why I'm continuing to follow Airy is to learn about what is going on in these other worlds and get the bad ending but uh. Will my ending explain why we were dumb as shit for not taking the obvious signs or is it going to do a patchwork job of 'we still believed in Airy'. Ringabel seems super disappointed in me every time I keep going forward.

[Serra]

It'll become clear and there will be no question on that journal's owner as you play.


So for those of you who have beaten the game, I haven't yet but...:

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I'm 100% sure I'm supposed to be breaking the crystals at this point and everything in the game is basically telling me that Airy is bad. At this point the only reason why I'm continuing to follow Airy is to learn about what is going on in these other worlds and get the bad ending but uh. Will my ending explain why we were dumb as shit for not taking the obvious signs or is it going to do a patchwork job of 'we still believed in Airy'. Ringabel seems super disappointed in me every time I keep going forward.

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Actually, you get the good ending for following through all the way. To answer your question though..

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Personally, when Ringabel and Tiz talk and they mention (I think it's after the third or fourth cycle) that Airy's wings are a countdown, I thought that I had to follow through to the end of the countdown while a friend of mine thought you had till it reached the end to catch on. Now, I thought the party, like me, was in it to see what happened when the countdown reached its end, but when you reach the end it comes out that they never actually caught on. Like, I think Airy tells them it's a countdown and then Ringabel is like "oh, so they were a countdown, I see..". Was kinda incompetent and disappointing..

[Karbuncle]

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Actually, you get the good ending for following through all the way. To answer your question though..

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Personally, when Ringabel and Tiz talk and they mention (I think it's after the third or fourth cycle) that Airy's wings are a countdown, I thought that I had to follow through to the end of the countdown while a friend of mine thought you had till it reached the end to catch on. Now, I thought the party, like me, was in it to see what happened when the countdown reached its end, but when you reach the end it comes out that they never actually caught on. Like, I think Airy tells them it's a countdown and then Ringabel is like "oh, so they were a countdown, I see..". Was kinda incompetent and disappointing..

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I think thats my one disappointment with the story is that you knew at a certain point Airy was evil, but the party goes on like little morons blissfully unaware of the impending doom. I mean Tiz/Ringabel basically go "bitch is evil", and by the end of it they're like "OH MY GOD SHES EVIL? WHO KNEW!!!11".

[Serra]

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I think thats my one disappointment with the story is that you knew at a certain point Airy was evil, but the party goes on like little morons blissfully unaware of the impending doom. I mean Tiz/Ringabel basically go "bitch is evil", and by the end of it they're like "OH MY GOD SHES EVIL? WHO KNEW!!!11".

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There was that, but I also didn't like that the characters ended up in the original world (except Ringabel). I think it was the third world where the Water Vestal was alive, Tiz's brother survived, Edea was reunited with her parents, and you defeated that world's Ringabel. And the 4th and 5th world, the asterisk holders weren't evil (except the three or four you lock in jail in world 4) and they all survived. I mean, I get that it's great they were able to return to their original world and all, but the first world really just seemed disappointing by comparison.