Unlocking characters: I have never been so lost in a game before.

[demondude777]

I am so confused. Somehow I got one Prototype Analyzer to unlock a character at one point...but I have no idea how to get more. (Or how I even got that one.)

I tried a google search, and found something saying I had to unlock talents. Well...what are talents? I see gray skills I get after training, and green skills after potential. I've also unlocked 6 of those mind skills.

I looked up on here and found a post about unlocking characters that says I need to get to level 5. Well, how do I check their level? And how do I level them up more?

I unlocked Noel with the one I got somehow. Now I am up to 4 boxes on my entrotype for Hibiki in the center and 6 around the right side for Noel.

I don't know if I am just really bad at this game, which things usually aren't that bad for me, or if this is just so poorly explained. I really love this game, but at the same time....it is starting to piss me off to where I am about to flip my review.

Can someone help me? Thank you in advance.

[rachelll]

There are two ways to get the prototype.

First you can collect the skills (as you said the gray skills after training) to get the prototype, If I remember correctly, you can obtain prototypes when you have selected 10, 20, and 40 skills (three already). Then you can obtain prototypes through Consciousness Challenge (I don't know if this name is in English, because I am a Chinese player.) ， This challenge is located in the area where you take the elevator to upward.

[Gnodab]

You earn Prototype Analyzers in several ways.

The NPC who lets you purchase Mind Upgrades periodically gives you quests to try out different Tactics. Once you select say, 20 different Tactics in your runs you'll get an Analyzer. Then he'll give you another quest to try out more; I think he gives 3 in total, in addition to other items. Just pick new Tactics each run to experiment and it'll progress at a good pace.

Once you unlock Mind Challenges, you can complete those to earn Analyzers as well. I think you earn two from here.

The final Analyzer you get from progressing the story. After a certain event, you'll be rewarded with it. You have multiple options of dialogue, but it doesn't matter which one you choose, you'll get it either way.

That lets you unlock all the Prototypes. The new character Es is coming on the 1st, and there will probably be a new event or something that will give you an Analyzer to unlock her.

[demondude777]

Thank you to both of you. I am kind of getting it now.

I haven't unlocked the elevator, so I don't think I can do mind challenges yet. I will just keep running and selecting different gray skills to see where it leads.

If I understand, I probably got the first on Hibiki for 10 skills. Now I am working towards the 20 skills one, and it just seems like it is taking forever because I was expecting to unlock the next character around the same amount of time it took to unlock the first.

I'll get this eventually.

[DrunkHobo]

When I first played I also noticed that there was a rather large gap from unlocking your first new character to the next. Once you get going though it all unlocks pretty quickly after that.