Am i the only one that got a good ending ? [Spoilers]

[[D]Mit.]

So i played the entire trilogy on android ( had finished 2 way before 3 was released ). I was a paladin with just a few coins , some very important artifacts and all relationships high ( except for Jess which was at like 67 i think ). I got a good ending ( everyone survived , me included ) but humanity was pretty low ( 45 i think ) and had demon eyes , horns and legs. Still i got the hero achievement and was called the Demon King of Daria.

Now i read some reviews here and there and people say they only get really bad achievements. I have to agree some of the stat checks are a bit too high but it's definately doable for every class provided you have the necessary artifacts ( boots of travel , the belt and the cloak ) to make an all around powerful character.

[lys_xen]

I managed to get all the endings, but yeah, you really need to specialize in a few skills as much as possible. The artifacts also make a difference.

I can understand some people being frustrated since most Choice of Games stuff is a lot more forgiving. In a way, the skills/wounding/etc. remind me of how tough Long Live the Queen can be (the Dark Souls of Visual Novels)

[[D]Mit.]

Originally posted by lys_xen:

I managed to get all the endings, but yeah, you really need to specialize in a few skills as much as possible. The artifacts also make a difference.

I can understand some people being frustrated since most Choice of Games stuff is a lot more forgiving. In a way, the skills/wounding/etc. remind me of how tough Long Live the Queen can be (the Dark Souls of Visual Novels)

I found The Lost Heir series to have a great balance between difficulty and story so i find the negativity a bit weird. On a side note i started a mage character , got the gem artifact but missed the cloak which i think will make it a bit more difficult on the next games , we will see.

[lys_xen]

Originally posted by DMit.:

I found The Lost Heir series to have a great balance between difficulty and story so i find the negativity a bit weird. On a side note i started a mage character , got the gem artifact but missed the cloak which i think will make it a bit more difficult on the next games , we will see.

I didn enjoy the game :) All I said is I can understand how some people might get frustrated. The majority of those was probably how to get one of the other endings like Hero.

[Shinde Kudasai]

Just got the Hero ending. I dont think you can get a good ending as a pure caster, since on my Necromancer my spells often failed because of low physical traits. This time I went for monk - wizard - monk - alchemist - vampire lord. You can significantly boost your physical traits as a monk and a Vampire, plus grab the heart shaped ruby amulet. Other than geography all of my knowledge was pretty high and my abilities were över 65, except for willpower. Maxed out unarmed and magic. It turned out to be pretty easy, because as long as I sticked with using magic and unarmed combat I pretty much never failed. Think I might try a paladin now.

[[D]Mit.]

Originally posted by Shinde Kudasai:

Just got the Hero ending. I dont think you can get a good ending as a pure caster, since on my Necromancer my spells often failed because of low physical traits. This time I went for monk - wizard - monk - alchemist - vampire lord. You can significantly boost your physical traits as a monk and a Vampire, plus grab the heart shaped ruby amulet. Other than geography all of my knowledge was pretty high and my abilities were över 65, except for willpower. Maxed out unarmed and magic. It turned out to be pretty easy, because as long as I sticked with using magic and unarmed combat I pretty much never failed. Think I might try a paladin now.

Yeah i went for a demon/mage and didn't work out great. My kingdom got screwed hah.

Restarted as a paladin and got 5/8 artifacts in the first game and aced the entire trilogy. Seems like that way is a bit OP.

[Alehouse Champion]

I went for bard that was weak and ended up as a puppet.

[[D]Mit.]

bards seem pretty underwhelming tbh

[Chillearth]

It helps to have two strong attacks, both maxed out sometime during Lost Heir 3. Ideally one distance and one close attack (Archery + Blades.....Unarmed + Magic.....Something + Demon Summoning).

I played :
Squire/Sage/Knight/Dragon Rider/Dragon Knight mixing archery/blades

Monk/Druid/Monk/Druid/Rune Warrior mixing unarmed/magic

Thief/Wizard/Wizard/Demon Summoner/Demon Master, mixing magic with demon summoning to survive. The first class, thief, was mostly to help get mystic artifacts in Lost Heir 1 gloves, flawed dagger and spider cloak with P as companion

All three characters worked fine, though the Thief/Wiz/Summoner needed the most precise choices to work well. You can get a hero ending with all of them.

[Chillearth]

I've just played again with a Squire, Wizard, Squire/Knight, Alchemist, Alchemist. I took the spellbook (treasured item) at the start of game 1, to make it work, and that was a good combo. Maxed Magic and Blades by game 3 (no demon summoning). I got the good ending again, and FINALLY (after a half dozen tries in different playthroughs) managed to win the game 3 tournament.

For that you need to be good in at least two disciplines to win, and I found it useful to have some ability in a third (about 30 in Bows for me) which I used to win in round one of the tourney. If you use the same attack method twice in the tourney, you suffer a cumulative -15% to the score that determines whether you win or lose.

Alchemy has several uses through games 2 & 3. I had wanted to finish as an Artificer, but that would have required either thief or assassin levels, to raise the devices skill high enough to qualify. There is a strong tempation to start Game 1 as a thief or assassin with your first class, for the Gloves of Archery +20 and that often nudges you toward the Ranger class as the mystic item fits that class so well. Thief/Assassin is also very handy taken as an early class, if P is your companion for the Spider Cloak in game 1.

Two bonuses that are incompatible from Game 1, are healing Suna/Suni for the big training boosts, requires 70 Good and the artifact The Feather of Glibness +20 charm, requires 70 Evil obtainable shortly after.

That last playthrough my final scores were:
ABILITIES, 70+ Charm, Endurance, Strength, just under that (67) in Perception. Agility was very average (56) and Willpower nonexistant (23).
SKILLS, were Archery (38), Magic, Blades (100), Stealth (23), Devices (09), Unarmed (04). KkNOWLEDGE, was Arcana, Nature (100), History (75), Geography, Religion (46).
RELATIONS, were 100 with most allies. My squire (Raquel) was 80, Vale and Cumari were 89 and 87..
Citizen Rep was 100, Citizen Fear was 05.
Final Mystic Artifact obtained was Pendant of Life, where I got the DemonBlade
Ended the game with these 'extras' demon eyes (mandatory for all) and demon wings .
Acquired a monkey familiar late in game 3 (used it just once).

[Laëtis89]

Originally posted by Chillearth:

It helps to have two strong attacks, both maxed out sometime during Lost Heir 3. Ideally one distance and one close attack (Archery + Blades.....Unarmed + Magic.....Something + Demon Summoning).

I played :
Squire/Sage/Knight/Dragon Rider/Dragon Knight mixing archery/blades

Monk/Druid/Monk/Druid/Rune Warrior mixing unarmed/magic

Thief/Wizard/Wizard/Demon Summoner/Demon Master, mixing magic with demon summoning to survive. The first class, thief, was mostly to help get mystic artifacts in Lost Heir 1 gloves, flawed dagger and spider cloak with P as companion

All three characters worked fine, though the Thief/Wiz/Summoner needed the most precise choices to work well. You can get a hero ending with all of them.

I know this is an old post but if I understand correctly for the Dragon Knight class, it's one level each?
I ask this question because I saw someone mention that you can be a Level 2 Sage because "Knight doesn’t count as a level-up because it’s gained from a tournament." Is it right?