How is postgame ?

[HarutoSan]

Hello everyone, I’m with wondering how os postgame in the game ? Is it any good ?

[Nate]

i cant even beat the game as there is an impossible quest that locks you into a world space forever as a game breaking bug ruined my save

[Togles]

you must be the first person then. where exactly are you stuck?

And you dont have a auto save before that point?

[Rizo the Hunter]

Originally posted by HarutoSan:

Hello everyone, I’m with wondering how os postgame in the game ? Is it any good ?

[Cryemore]

No new content seems to have become available after I finished the main storyline, but I would think you can at least run the big shrines again? There are also those glowing alters here and there, not sure what those are for yet.

To be perfectly honest, content seems light. I could be wrong given how obtuse these games tend to be. Once you finish the game, your save file is marked as "cleared" and when you load it you are right outside the final boss room and the final main quest remains perpetually active. I warped away rather than fighting the last boss again as I assumed I would simply end the game again if I fought him.

I cleared every beast hunt quest I came across as I played and even beat a few of them two or three times. I cleared the final boss and finished the game at a little over 33 hours. My memory might be off but content seems slim compared to realization or lycoris.

[Myrrdinn]

Originally posted by Cryemore:

No new content seems to have become available after I finished the main storyline, but I would think you can at least run the big shrines again? There are also those glowing alters here and there, not sure what those are for yet.

To be perfectly honest, content seems light. I could be wrong given how obtuse these games tend to be. Once you finish the game, your save file is marked as "cleared" and when you load it you are right outside the final boss room and the final main quest remains perpetually active. I warped away rather than fighting the last boss again as I assumed I would simply end the game again if I fought him.

I cleared every beast hunt quest I came across as I played and even beat a few of them two or three times. I cleared the final boss and finished the game at a little over 33 hours. My memory might be off but content seems slim compared to realization or lycoris.

Realization and Lycoris were both the same way at launch also. Id expect we get raids and stuff at a later date. But I do agree its pretty short and nothing really to do post game. I myself went back to Lycoris for now lol.

[Cryemore]

I did a little research after my reply. Those glowing alters are for summoning divine beasts. You collect drops from hunt quests to summon them. The one I saw had 33 million health. I think you hunt 6 divine beasts to unlock a divine beast weapon of your choice. You can then upgrade said weapons with a resource from the raids (shrines) that you can run again post game, though they start at rank 75 (I finished the game at level 34 with 33 hours played.) You get at most 100 of said resource from a raid and need 2500 to upgrade one divine beast weapon.

To unlock the ultimate skill for each weapon class you need to collect 300(!!!!) vessels of strength from beast hunts. (The same resource you need 3 of to unlock awakening for each weapon type in that underground area, and yes they are weapon type exclusive.) The most I've seen drop from a single hunt is 3, though most drop 1 if memory serves. So, to unlock one capstone skill you would need to do 100 hunt quests that award 3 vessels each at minimum. I think unlocking a single ultimate skill would take much longer than beating the game.

tldr: Post game is there, but consists entirely of very, very lengthy grinding for rewards that you would then use to grind the same content.

[CLG]

I'm pretty sure the shrines are already the endgame raids. Everything is level 70+ in them and they are basically exactly the same as the story version just with the regions guardian beast as the end boss instead. If these are the "raids" then this is another massive downgrade.

[Sauriel]

Originally posted by Cryemore:

I did a little research after my reply. Those glowing alters are for summoning divine beasts. You collect drops from hunt quests to summon them. The one I saw had 33 million health. I think you hunt 6 divine beasts to unlock a divine beast weapon of your choice. You can then upgrade said weapons with a resource from the raids (shrines) that you can run again post game, though they start at rank 75 (I finished the game at level 34 with 33 hours played.) You get at most 100 of said resource from a raid and need 2500 to upgrade one divine beast weapon.

To unlock the ultimate skill for each weapon class you need to collect 300(!!!!) vessels of strength from beast hunts. (The same resource you need 3 of to unlock awakening for each weapon type in that underground area, and yes they are weapon type exclusive.) The most I've seen drop from a single hunt is 3, though most drop 1 if memory serves. So, to unlock one capstone skill you would need to do 100 hunt quests that award 3 vessels each at minimum. I think unlocking a single ultimate skill would take much longer than beating the game.

tldr: Post game is there, but consists entirely of very, very lengthy grinding for rewards that you would then use to grind the same content.

Max is level 60 and then you have combat fidelity in the place of accuracy as far ive seen

[Lestrad]

Honestly, at this point, I'm just curious what level people are grinding to in order to finish. Right now I'm stuck on the second shrine dungeon. My party is literally 10 levels above the average mob (Me: 29, Mob: 19) and I just keep getting absolutely decimated because the gear thus far as been nothing but hot garbage thus I've been saddled with the armor and weapons Kirito and the rest of my party started with.

Seriously whoever designed the weapons and armor in this game needs to be fired, or at least forced to play an actual RPG so they know how proper gear progression works.

At this point I might just grind to 40 and try again later.

[cowboy kyle]

Originally posted by Lestrad:

Honestly, at this point, I'm just curious what level people are grinding to in order to finish. Right now I'm stuck on the second shrine dungeon. My party is literally 10 levels above the average mob (Me: 29, Mob: 19) and I just keep getting absolutely decimated because the gear thus far as been nothing but hot garbage thus I've been saddled with the armor and weapons Kirito and the rest of my party started with.

Seriously whoever designed the weapons and armor in this game needs to be fired, or at least forced to play an actual RPG so they know how proper gear progression works.

At this point I might just grind to 40 and try again later.

bro you gotta pick up the NPC parties that wander the map. THey're like 4 dudes and they just buff and heal you non stop. Pretty much imposssible to die.

[Zelotis]

Originally posted by Lestrad:

Honestly, at this point, I'm just curious what level people are grinding to in order to finish. Right now I'm stuck on the second shrine dungeon. My party is literally 10 levels above the average mob (Me: 29, Mob: 19) and I just keep getting absolutely decimated because the gear thus far as been nothing but hot garbage thus I've been saddled with the armor and weapons Kirito and the rest of my party started with.

Seriously whoever designed the weapons and armor in this game needs to be fired, or at least forced to play an actual RPG so they know how proper gear progression works.

At this point I might just grind to 40 and try again later.

Do you really fight with the starter equipment? What are your def / atk and str / vit stats?
For armor you can kill the first spider boss on the first map. This armor has way higher stats than the starter equipment.

[Lestrad]

For Kirito? At level 29:
Difficulty: Story

Dmg: 419
Atk: 400
Def: 454

Str: 546
Vit: 489
Dex: 474
Agi: 456

Main: Firekiller Dragon Blade
Secondary: Mirage Blade of Inferno

And yes, I do have the armor from the spider boss, but again, that's the first friggin zone. That's totally starter gear.


Party Wise, it goes downhill from there:

Alice - Dmg 315
Asuna - 538 (Servicable)
Eugeo - 297
etc

The only party members with damage over 600 are Sinon, Dorothy, and Yuuki, again because there's been zero gear better than what they have to begin with.

[Zelotis]

Originally posted by Lestrad:

For Kirito? At level 29:
Difficulty: Story

Dmg: 419
Atk: 400
Def: 454

Str: 546
Vit: 489
Dex: 474
Agi: 456

Main: Firekiller Dragon Blade
Secondary: Mirage Blade of Inferno

And yes, I do have the armor from the spider boss, but again, that's the first friggin zone. That's totally starter gear.


Party Wise, it goes downhill from there:

Alice - Dmg 315
Asuna - 538 (Servicable)
Eugeo - 297
etc

The only party members with damage over 600 are Sinon, Dorothy, and Yuuki, again because there's been zero gear better than what they have to begin with.

1) get evil slayer and replace your "bad" starter sword with it. You find it at 3rd map tradzechs fortress at the bot. There should be a quest called "den of magical beasts". Can be repeated (after some time passes). Do it at normal for better gear stats.
2) make your "alliance" member to a "healer": In tactical arts customize one panel with 3 x Bles of paradise. Activate this in battle, if your party will be on low health and you have a burst heal with 4 sec cooldown.
3) get better gear from (field) bosses, especially weapons (the starter weapons are bad compared to the "end game" one). That are my kirito stats
dmg 442
atk 472
def 421

str 530
vit 539
dex 496
agi 539

my kirito has 50 more vit. vit seems to reduce the dmg you get. 50 points seems small, but are a lot. For your attacke focus to increase the "atk" stat. 20 Points are already a huge increase.
4) dont use buff, that debuff your deff, if you dont know, what you are doing. def is an important stat and losing 20+ because you use a buff is already huge and can make your party to paper.
5) If you dont have already done it: customize one panel from "alliance" member with all good buffs and use it. Buffs are very powerfull.


I already killed a rank 40 boss (my ranks are 31/32), to upgrade my gear to end game, but i have already collected some good weapons from field bosses (like better weapons and gear that doubles some stats from like 10 to 20), so there is gear progression, but you need to know what to do.

[Renka]

as someone who did most of the endgame

frankly my own advice is : unless you like grinding for life without any cheating, dont bother with post game if you care about your mental health because this is trash, boring and frustrating

if you have a friend or two with you, then why not but otherwise i dont recommend it at all, there is no point to farm this endgame when no future dlc will give new area, unlock level above 60 etc...

nothing except some "labyrinth dungeon" who is most likely not worth it at all if we simply check the "quality" of the dlcs from lycoris