Ok.... I have just purchased this game for the 4th time (SNES / iOS / Andrios) since 1993, I just couldn't resist the theme, the aesthetics and the title ost!
I am determined to finish this game once and for all on the Vita as I have NEVER manage to beat this game before due to difficulty and game mechanics that are not explained very well. The furtherest I got was the moving battle ship on steppe I believed.
Any tip for me this time round?
What weapon should I upgrade? Should I save money for the University and stuff?
Any essential spell I must have to make the game easier?
1. Don't flee from battles. Enemy difficulty is determined by your battle count, so running from monsters will level them up and never level up you. So fight!
2. Magic is just extremely powerful and crucially important for the late game. Make a point to level Water, Fire, Earth, and Cosmology. All the way. Try to have at least two mages on every team, usually a dedicated mage and then a hybrid, and just level up those magics over and over again.
3. Only save money in the beginning of the game. Once you skip to your first random emperor, spend whatever you want. You will usually have tons and tons of money and nothing to even dream to spend it on. Just visit the orchard (which you build) periodically to increase its revenue, which also increases with battle count.
4. If the game is getting too hard and you're really struggling, start a new game plus with your current save file. You keep all your global levels, inventory, storage, and money. This will give you a massive head start to get some edge and the game's difficulty will balance back out as you progress.
5. Talk to every NPC. Talking to random people is the only way to access some parts of the map.
6. Use multiple saves so you can possibly reload a slightly older file and fix a mistake. If you die in a battle you didn't want to die in, the game auto-saves and can be reloaded from the main menu.
7. Units will not learn new techniques if their skill menu is full. Delete skills you're not using.
8. Never bother with shields. Ever.
9. When you get the option for a Pirate emperor, take it immediately just to unlock the Rapid Stream formation. Even if you go kill that emperor right away, Rapid Stream lets all your units attack first. It's the best formation and you should have it ASAP.
10. Come back here and ask for help often. This game is very hard without tips and tricks! But once you figure it all out, it's a romp.
