One archetype or swap between them

[marietegp]

Hi, do you think is better to grab an archetype and focus on leveling it or swap between all of them?
Can your level the new or lower ones faster or you have to grind to get it to a usable level?

[Flannaz]

you have to grind a bit to get lower ones up a bit - but it's beneficial to swap between to equip skills from one onto another to make them more versatile

[tenchu400]

Would like to add that if you prefer one archetype or another. After max rank, further ranks convert into items that you can apply to any other archetype. It more so depends on your play style and what you are trying to accomplish. If you like grinding out money for example. You can find efficient ways to grind money with a certain archetype and use the overage on the max rating to apply to other archetypes you feel are more fitting for the current situation. That is to say you are technically not punished if you stick to one type for too long.

[HarkeN]

It depends on your style. I like to focus on a handful of archetypes but pick up specific skills from others to inherit that seems useful.

It's up to you if you want to swap to do that, or another approach you can do is stay in a mastered archetype and level that up. Every 1000 AEXP gives you an item for 1000 AEXP so there is no loss for doing this, plus you can decide how to distribute them - if you want to really power level one character you could.

[SilverMERK]

you can actually get a lot of those aexp items once classes are maxed out. i wouldnt worry too much about grinding archetypes. unless youre trying to unlock and level all of them in one playthru

[Lysamus]

As far as my experience goes:

Advantages of Focusing:
- Unlock high level skills.
- Fewer bonds to commit time to.
- You get Archetype exp items for "leveling up" mastered archetypes.

Advantages of Mixing.
- Can pick around elemental attacks by strong enemies.
- More variety of skills
- More ability to utilize Synergies

[pink]

You have to get certain ones up to get the ultimate ones and you need them all mastered to get the ultimate weapon for that character. (I 100%'d the MC)

[Metadragon]

It doesn't matter. Use what you want or whats useful. After maxxing an archetype all further experience is converted into exp items you can use on other archetypes. Theres no "wasted" experience.

[king_of_jamaica]

Unless I'm mistaken, it's much more beneficial to stick to a single archetype unless you're dipping to get a specific skill.

Correct me if I'm wrong, but when a battle ends, let's say it gives you 500 A-EXP. That means each party member gets 500 A-EXP to their assigned archetype. That makes perfect sense until you master said archetypes.

When you max out an archetype, every 1000 A-EXP you get generates a Hero's Leaf of Light or whatever it's called. That item grants 1000 A-EXP so you aren't wasting A-EXP while fighting with a mastered archetype. Therein, however, lies the trick. In the above example, since everyone gets 500 A-EXP per fight, that means that in two fights each party member would get 1000 A-EXP and thus generate an item. Since those items are each worth 1000 A-EXP, that means you have thus generated 4000 A-EXP.

So essentially, fighting with mastered archetypes effectively quadruples your A-EXP gains.

[REBirthTheEdge]

For me, I check useful skills and inherit them to Archetypes that I like to make them extra double plus good.

I also swap out them if they have specific weakness to that dungeon's monsters.

[Klinestife]

you should swap around a bit to have a bigger base to work with, but eventually start focusing up. everybody's ultimate class (except for the MCs) needs to have two fully mastered archetypes to unlock it, and you definitely want them because they're extremely powerful.

[zero]

while i do tend to stick to one archtype per character, i do change when needed and i use all the exp fruits to even out their skills

[ManuPlays05]

In the demo i liked mixing tbh since seeker is always good on anyone (buffs and access to heal) and focusing on the physical for str builds and magic /healer for magic builds

btw idk how the main game is paced tho

[n0000n]

I just unlock them for the quest. But I use Seeker almost all the time.
I'm in 3rd city now but probably use Seeker until the end.

[Khorne]

Originally posted by king_of_jamaica:

Unless I'm mistaken, it's much more beneficial to stick to a single archetype unless you're dipping to get a specific skill.

Correct me if I'm wrong, but when a battle ends, let's say it gives you 500 A-EXP. That means each party member gets 500 A-EXP to their assigned archetype. That makes perfect sense until you master said archetypes.

When you max out an archetype, every 1000 A-EXP you get generates a Hero's Leaf of Light or whatever it's called. That item grants 1000 A-EXP so you aren't wasting A-EXP while fighting with a mastered archetype. Therein, however, lies the trick. In the above example, since everyone gets 500 A-EXP per fight, that means that in two fights each party member would get 1000 A-EXP and thus generate an item. Since those items are each worth 1000 A-EXP, that means you have thus generated 4000 A-EXP.

So essentially, fighting with mastered archetypes effectively quadruples your A-EXP gains.

Yes and no, you aren't quadrupling your A-EXP gains but rather moving all that A-EXP gained into an item for use with other archetypes. 500 A-EXP x 4 = 2000 A-EXP. Times that by 2 and it's 4000 A-EXP and if all 4 party members are maxed on an Archetype that 4000 EXP you just collected becomes 4 separate items, it's just an equal exchange not quadrupling your EXP gains since if you're using that method then your party members might also need other archetypes leveled so they can get more useful inheritable skills to use later on, unless you use all 4 items on your own character then you're effectively quadrupling the Protag's A-EXP at the expense of your party.

[Canipa]

Best way of going about it is to figure out what stats each character is good with and then study archetypes that are beneficial. You'll have to mix and match anyways for each dungeon, so it's best to have several Archetypes ready to go.