Finished the game on the hardest difficulty (Chaotic), some tips and tricks and AMA.

[Grandork]

Just killed the hardest boss on Chaotic (15m HP, LOL) and, since I can't go to Reborn, I am officially done. So I will answer any question you guys might have. But here are some tips and tricks.

Becoming Rich

You need a lot of Spirit Stones if you want to do anything in this game, especially if you want to max out every skill in the game. The question is, what's the best way to become rich? The answer is Auction House and Stealing. First step is to get expensive books (ATK and DEF Mind Skills are the most expensive ones) and then sell them in the Auction House. Keep an eye on who buys the Book and then steal it back.

Maxing Relationship

The easiest way is to gift 2 Red ATK and DEF Mind Skills books, this will usually max them out, then you just steal it back. Make sure you are capable of beating them, because they WILL fight you if they find out you stole from them (based on Charisma). But even after everything, you will STILL be maxed out with them.

Best Skills

For Auto it's Blade, because it gives 7% Life Steal and the Critical Mind Manual for Blade has a chance to increase Life Steal.

For Special it's Earth, because it summons a Golem that tanks a lot of damage and trivializes a lot of fight.

For Motion it's Wind, because it makes you immune and allows you to keep attacking, it will also have one of the highest damage in the game with the correct trait.

Ultimate depends on what trait you have.

ATK Mind, keep an eye out for "Every X Martial Skill gives 1 ATK", this is by far the best and necessary for Chaotic.

DEF Mind, keep an eye out for "Every X Skill gives 1 DEF", this is by far the best and necessary for Chaotic.

Energy Mind, keep an eye out for "Regenerate Energy when bellow 20%" and "Spending Energy grants Shield", the reason is that you will always block a single hit, no matter how small the shield is. So if you take a 100000 damage hit and have 1 shield, you will take 0 damage.

[Grandork]

Originally posted by Itazuramono:

Thank you for taking the time to explain these things. The tip about the shield is much appreciated @_@

Can you list out among the best breakthrough fates in your opinion?

For example: Is the flying sword breakthrough good? What about the flying shield?

I can't, because I didn't test all of them.

But Life Steal is OP. Drums are really good.

Flying Sword lvl 3 will make it so you never have energy issues again, so it's kind of nice.

[Griffihn]

Originally posted by Itazuramono:

Thank you for taking the time to explain these things. The tip about the shield is much appreciated @_@

Can you list out among the best breakthrough fates in your opinion?

For example: Is the flying sword breakthrough good? What about the flying shield?

flying shield? are you talking about the flying sword or the bell? the flying sword is good only 'til origin. after that, it's about as useless as it gets. a for the bell, it's an artifact so unless you plan on spending 100+ years grinding the materials and the artifact spirit levels, it's not all that useful. there is a HUGE guide with what every breakthrough fate does. try having a look and see what suits your play style. i for one went full life-steal and undead. got a couple of mind skills and a special that boosts them by a lot (5k+ dmg, at least 3 times my own hp).

[Itazuramono]

Originally posted by Griffihn:

Originally posted by Itazuramono:

Thank you for taking the time to explain these things. The tip about the shield is much appreciated @_@

Can you list out among the best breakthrough fates in your opinion?

For example: Is the flying sword breakthrough good? What about the flying shield?

flying shield? are you talking about the flying sword or the bell? the flying sword is good only 'til origin. after that, it's about as useless as it gets. a for the bell, it's an artifact so unless you plan on spending 100+ years grinding the materials and the artifact spirit levels, it's not all that useful. there is a HUGE guide with what every breakthrough fate does. try having a look and see what suits your play style. i for one went full life-steal and undead. got a couple of mind skills and a special that boosts them by a lot (5k+ dmg, at least 3 times my own hp).

To clarify, what I'm referring to is the breakthrough bonuses.

I was given the option of Flying Sword and Flying Shield. Just like the sword that attacks for you, the Flying Shield follows you around in battle. In game it said it would block attacks, but I felt it was kind of lackluster. Perhaps its better at higher levels. I don't think that's an artifact... since it was the breakthrough bonus, but maybe I read it wrong.

As for the guide, are you referring to the wiki?

I went through it and it seems very incomplete. Like no information on a lot of the fates or how they work in gameplay. Like, I found one that boosted perception by +50 during my foundation breakthrough, but I later saw a post saying flat increases were bad it was better to get CDR or life steal.

Edit: for example, I read somewhere Flying Shield 3 gives you 200% reflect. But I havent seen anyone test this or confirm it.

[Z]

Itazuramono: The damage reflection shield (Shield Spirit II and III) triggers once on death, and on death skills just aren't really worth it. Tier I gives shield health and a time-limited damage bonus, II adds timed damage reflection, III a one-off damage burst. The fate only triggers once per battle.

The flying shield is the "Mysterious Shield" and works differently. It only blocks projectiles though and also isn't that good.

Flying Sword Fates come in two types. Jo's is great past tier 2 with its status effects, the unnamed one gains energy theft at tier 3 and isn't that strong.


Grandork: What makes the war drum so good in your eyes if you mean that Fate? Its damage doesn't seem too high, though I guess the damage reduction is solid. Does the fate have hidden tiers?

[Grandork]

Originally posted by Z:

Itazuramono: The damage reflection shield (Shield Spirit II and III) triggers once on death, and on death skills just aren't really worth it. Tier I gives shield health and a time-limited damage bonus, II adds timed damage reflection, III a one-off damage burst. The fate only triggers once per battle.

The flying shield is the "Mysterious Shield" and works differently. It only blocks projectiles though and also isn't that good.

Flying Sword Fates come in two types. Jo's is great past tier 2 with its status effects, the unnamed one gains energy theft at tier 3 and isn't that strong.


Grandork: What makes the war drum so good in your eyes if you mean that Fate? Its damage doesn't seem too high, though I guess the damage reduction is solid. Does the fate have hidden tiers?

It's damage is actually quite solid. And the reduced damage allows you a window to go all in on the boss. Plus, with Blade, it's basically a life syphon if you are in a "Oh, ♥♥♥♥!" moment. Just run around and let the drums heal you up.

[Z]

Ah, damage reduction together with a blade build makes a lot of sense, I see your point.

[Spud the Spud]

In the description of Chaos, it says "save and load methods do NOT work, either!". What does this mean, and how does it affect your play? You can't save your game? You can't load your save? Can you clarify this, please?

[Grandork]

Originally posted by Spud the Spud:

In the description of Chaos, it says "save and load methods do NOT work, either!". What does this mean, and how does it affect your play? You can't save your game? You can't load your save? Can you clarify this, please?

When the game starts, it rolls all of your destinies (but you won't know what they are). As such, even if you load, it won't change. Although you do get a few items to reroll particularly bad destinies.

Outside of that, I didn't feel affected by the save restriction.

[Spud the Spud]

How odd and unpleasant. Guess it's going to be start the game, delete the game, start the game, delete the game, repeat until satisfied. Idk why they think that's a good thing to push onto people.

Thank you for your response.

[Grandork]

Originally posted by Spud the Spud:

How odd and unpleasant. Guess it's going to be start the game, delete the game, start the game, delete the game, repeat until satisfied. Idk why they think that's a good thing to push onto people.

Thank you for your response.

The first Destiny really doesn't matter. If you have to keep doing that after reaching high tiers, you are screwed. The whole point is just rolling with the punches and going with what is served (Roguelite).

Also, I'm not talking about Character creation destiny, those you can fiddle. It's the breathrough Destiny.

[Spud the Spud]

Originally posted by Grandork:

The first Destiny really doesn't matter. If you have to keep doing that after reaching high tiers, you are screwed. The whole point is just rolling with the punches and going with what is served (Roguelite).

Also, I'm not talking about Character creation destiny, those you can fiddle. It's the breathrough Destiny.

OOOOOOOOOh ok, I misunderstood. That's not a big deal then. I thought you were talking about the character creation destinies, which would be a huge hassle just to get a basic groundwork that I was willing to play with. If it's just the in game progression stuff, that's no big deal at all.

[AsceticG]

I just wanna know how hard you kicked Luwu's ass.

Thanks for beating his ass btw. Every Luwu's ass beaten gives me a smile.

[Noptyn]

Originally posted by Grandork:

Just killed the hardest boss on Chaotic (15m HP, LOL) and, since I can't go to Reborn, I am officially done. So I will answer any question you guys might have. But here are some tips and tricks.

Hi,I would ask you on how many roots is convenient to focus?(1,2 or as many as you can)

For my short experience with the game I'd say "NO MORE THAN 2" since it should exhausting keep up with everything.I'm right here?

[Grandork]

Originally posted by Noptyn:

Originally posted by Grandork:

Just killed the hardest boss on Chaotic (15m HP, LOL) and, since I can't go to Reborn, I am officially done. So I will answer any question you guys might have. But here are some tips and tricks.

Hi,I would ask you on how many roots is convenient to focus?(1,2 or as many as you can)

For my short experience with the game I'd say "NO MORE THAN 2" since it should exhausting keep up with everything.I'm right here?

The answer is all of them. If you are doing the money trick (selling Red Books on the Auction House and then stealing them back), then you should have infinite money. It only takes like 10 years to max them all out.

[Noptyn]

Originally posted by Grandork:

Originally posted by Noptyn:

Hi,I would ask you on how many roots is convenient to focus?(1,2 or as many as you can)

For my short experience with the game I'd say "NO MORE THAN 2" since it should exhausting keep up with everything.I'm right here?

The answer is all of them. If you are doing the money trick (selling Red Books on the Auction House and then stealing them back), then you should have infinite money. It only takes like 10 years to max them all out.

Thanks man.One last question please.

Should I bother with artifacts..are they important in end game?