Bonus BP

[MistedLegacy]

I've read that there is essentially no margin for mistake when it comes to reaching a rank 1 Bracer and that it requires close to all available BP in the game to be obtained, as well as that the reward for reaching this can be found in Second Chapter.

Right now, I'm nearing the end of chapter 1, but am considering restarting (better now than later) it seems I messed up on one of the dialogue options. For those that have completed the game, is the bonus BP only from dialogue options and the side quests (eg. exterminate monsters/finding items in specific areas), or can they found through other avenues - i.e. is getting all the BP straight forward, and that you'll know when bonus BP can be obtained?

[Berahlen]

If all you're going for is Rank 1 and not perfect BP, there's some room for error, but you do have to be aware of when sidequests open up and which ones are unannounced. Some of them are really obnoxiously small windows.

The dialogue choices are generally pretty obvious at least. You're more likely to trip up for stuff like the hidden quests or accidentally advancing the plot past a quest. There's also bonus BP for stuff like taking down one of the bonus bosses, not assaulting a particular member of royalty (too badly), etc., but they all end up as bonus BP attached to the main story quests.

[Cid]

There's no margin for maximum BP (which is nice to transfer over to SC, but not essential). Simply getting Rank 1 has a surprising amount of room - I got it in my first (blind) playthrough and didn't even do all the quests

[Berahlen]

The only thing you'd really be getting from max BP is an achievement anyway. It gives some bonuses in SC, but nothing you don't get more copies of later in the game.

[alonkishon]

For getting rank A you will need 290 BP. For getting the max BP you need 368. IF you doing all the quests before chapter 4 you can get rank A before getting rank A.