Do this game hard?

[GodSlayer]

i heard most of saga series are hard.. is this included?

[archmag]

Depends. If you get accustomed to game mechanics it is not that hard. When I started I thought it was hard as usual with SaGa games but then I explored a little, found crafting, easy LP recovery (very early in Leonard's route, in some other routes may take a while before you get access to it, but you still can just switch characters to recover their LP), understood battle system, unlocked and upgraded some skills and the game became pretty easy. I played on normal difficulty so my experience is based on it.

There were moments when I felt I was behind the difficulty curve when I would lose several characters per battle on Normal and Hard battles in new areas. I stopped progressing and went to grind some Easy battles in initial areas. Unlocked more skills, got more resources to upgrade equipment, unlocked new roles and the rest of the game became very easy.

I think this is one of the most forgiving SaGa games.

[⭕TheSodaman]

Originally posted by ExiaLyseR:

i heard most of saga series are hard.. is this included?

This one can be hard at first. Then as you start to understand the combat system and invest more time into your gear and characters, you'll reach a point where you start to overpower many battles or be able to hold your ground against harder enemies and difficulties.

[Keytee Tamira]

Originally posted by archmag:

Depends. If you get accustomed to game mechanics it is not that hard. When I started I thought it was hard as usual with SaGa games but then I explored a little, found crafting, easy LP recovery (very early in Leonard's route, in some other routes may take a while before you get access to it, but you still can just switch characters to recover their LP), understood battle system, unlocked and upgraded some skills and the game became pretty easy. I played on normal difficulty so my experience is based on it.

There were moments when I felt I was behind the difficulty curve when I would lose several characters per battle on Normal and Hard battles in new areas. I stopped progressing and went to grind some Easy battles in initial areas. Unlocked more skills, got more resources to upgrade equipment, unlocked new roles and the rest of the game became very easy.

I think this is one of the most forgiving SaGa games.

How come you all say "Once i understood how it works, it became easier' yet no one of you even tells exaclty what do i need to do so it would get easier?

[archmag]

Originally posted by Keytee Tamira:

How come you all say "Once i understood how it works, it became easier' yet no one of you even tells exaclty what do i need to do so it would get easier?

I literally said what I did to make it easier for me:

...found crafting, easy LP recovery (very early in Leonard's route, in some other routes may take a while before you get access to it, but you still can just switch characters to recover their LP), understood battle system, unlocked and upgraded some skills...

...I stopped progressing and went to grind some Easy battles in initial areas. Unlocked more skills, got more resources to upgrade equipment, unlocked new roles...

[Keytee Tamira]

Originally posted by archmag:

Originally posted by Keytee Tamira:

How come you all say "Once i understood how it works, it became easier' yet no one of you even tells exaclty what do i need to do so it would get easier?

I literally said what I did to make it easier for me:

...found crafting, easy LP recovery (very early in Leonard's route, in some other routes may take a while before you get access to it, but you still can just switch characters to recover their LP), understood battle system, unlocked and upgraded some skills...

...I stopped progressing and went to grind some Easy battles in initial areas. Unlocked more skills, got more resources to upgrade equipment, unlocked new roles...

What are the names of those initial areas?
What exact easy battles should i fight?
What exactly should i do in Urpina's story to keep the game easy?

[archmag]

Originally posted by Keytee Tamira:

What are the names of those initial areas?

Initial areas are the ones you passed through already.

What exact easy battles should i fight?

It doesn't matter. Just as the displayed difficulty is Easy and there is a single battle and you already tried it before it should be fine to farm it. Find several that provide different resources.

What exactly should i do in Urpina's story to keep the game easy?

Same as in any other story (I completed Leonard's and doing Taria's next). Just stop and go back. After you get several extra party members you should be able to recover lost LP while farming by switching units around.

Also learn how battles work (it's easier to do by repeating battles with the same enemies). Memorize which attacks are ranged to remove enemy conditional skills and find some attacks that move enemies around to make triggering of union attacks easier. Each battle is like a small puzzle, when you get more experience solving those puzzles it becomes much easier. Don't just rush with the story, explore each area to find extra quests and collect more companions. Some of them give access to rare formations and some have better equipment which you can take from them if you don't plan on using them.

[Keytee Tamira]

Originally posted by archmag:

Originally posted by Keytee Tamira:

What are the names of those initial areas?

Initial areas are the ones you passed through already.

What exact easy battles should i fight?

It doesn't matter. Just as the displayed difficulty is Easy and there is a single battle and you already tried it before it should be fine to farm it. Find several that provide different resources.

What exactly should i do in Urpina's story to keep the game easy?

Same as in any other story (I completed Leonard's and doing Taria's next). Just stop and go back. After you get several extra party members you should be able to recover lost LP while farming by switching units around.

Also learn how battles work (it's easier to do by repeating battles with the same enemies). Memorize which attacks are ranged to remove enemy conditional skills and find some attacks that move enemies around to make triggering of union attacks easier. Each battle is like a small puzzle, when you get more experience solving those puzzles it becomes much easier. Don't just rush with the story, explore each area to find extra quests and collect more companions. Some of them give access to rare formations and some have better equipment which you can take from them if you don't plan on using them.

If i would fight in same place, then go to the town to craft equipment, would that same place not reset and not count as a new battle?
Or i can fight in four places at once and they will never count as "first battle" ever again?

[archmag]

Usually each place (with few exceptions) has the same battle till the end of the game. Sometimes they reset on map change, sometimes you can just repeat them as many times as you want without leaving. So just sticking to the same place that keeps regenerating on those two conditions will mean that you are repeating the same battle. You can leave and progress your story, then come back and it will still be the same. Just memorize some easy caves that you pass by and come back if you ever need to farm.

[Keytee Tamira]

Originally posted by archmag:

Usually each place (with few exceptions) has the same battle till the end of the game. Sometimes they reset on map change, sometimes you can just repeat them as many times as you want without leaving. So just sticking to the same place that keeps regenerating on those two conditions will mean that you are repeating the same battle. You can leave and progress your story, then come back and it will still be the same. Just memorize some easy caves that you pass by and come back if you ever need to farm.

Thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you!!!

That you so much for clarifying that!
I were going insane because i were not certain about that. Thank you! ^^