WHAT is unbalance....

[MythTrip]

noob...I see you can slash attack vs the enemies resistance to put em in unbalance, but what is that? I think it gives a link attack if you have a linked character. But how about if you dont have a linked character? Any other effect of unbalance?
Upon unbalance I see a flashing screen with my linked character, do I quickly have to hit a button to get it to work?

A basic manual would be really helpful with this game, cant find a complete one out there. Thanks everyone!!

[Stabbey]

Unbalance only works with linked characters and does not even appear without a combat link. Yes, you do need to hit a button, it should be displayed on screen with the flashing screen. The window to hit the button is pretty generous.

I guess you're in the very first area, right? That's just a story prologue, the game is going to give you a proper tutorial for actual combat, complete with in-game help pages you can refer to later.

The short version is that the chance for unbalance is highly influenced by the type of attack the weapon does, and the enemy's susceptibility to it.

There are four types of attack:

Slash - What it implies - a slashing attack across a target as if with a blade.
Thrust - an attack which goes straight in.
Pierce - A projectile attack such as an arrow or orbal bullet impact.
Strike - Heavy, or powerful impact.

Each character has a weapon which deals at least one of those types of damage, and that weapon is rated on a scale: -, D, C, B, A, S, with S having the highest chance to unbalance a susceptible enemy.

Each enemy has a star rating from 0 to 4 stars, with 0 being the least susceptible and 4 being most susceptible.

Rean has 'S' rank in slash, and a '-' in every other attack type. If Rean hits an enemy with 0 stars in their Slash stat, Rean is not going to be able to unbalance it at all. If Rean hits an enemy with 4 stars in their Slash stat, he'll be able to unbalance them pretty much every time.

[MythTrip]

Oh man what a great answer. Falcom should hire you to write the manual, I am not joking. Thank you so much!!

[Koby]

Originally posted by Stabbey:

That's just a story prologue, the game is going to give you a proper tutorial for actual combat, complete with in-game help pages you can refer to later.

This still doesn't make any sense to me. Why do they continue to shove people into it with no info for the prologue, only to give a tutorial in the next chapter once the player has already been forced to learn it the hard way for an hour or two of gameplay. The prologue should've been the tutorial area, lol... But I do get the appeal of throwing people into the deep end of the pool to show off how the battles will go once a lot of the stuff is unlocked. It just seems odd to throw the tutorial after.