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Etrian Odyssey Community Thread: A New Era of Fight and Heal
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Picked up EOV and couldn't stop myself blitzing first stratum in a night, despite still having the two Untold games still untouched. Really digging how polished the gameplay feels, but had no idea the overworld was gone and I'm a little disappointed as the feeling of an epic journey/world exploration is gone.
Yeah I just started EOV after finishing EOU2 and it feels very clean and new.
The overworld wasn't really a thing in EO other than IV, it's a specific feature to this game. Generally the game works off the concept of a single long dungeon that goes up or down(depends on the game). Kinda why they're called Stratums, the term didn't make much sense in EOIV. Interestingly though the world map coming back for EO X. It was definitely an interesting feature so I like it, and it lets them put a lot more environments into the game(which since they're taking from all the past games, they have a lot of).
Yeah I'm aware it was just a IV thing, I've played PQ as well, I just assumed they'd continue with it because it really made the game feel like a huge exploration of maps within maps. It really opened things up and added variety and scale. Glad it's back for EOX, although it seems less interactive.
Started EOIII the other day and have reached B4, just the fact you can't see weakness in battles makes it twice as hard as EO IV, V, and the untolds, money is much more difficult to come by. Not sure about my party either, buccaneer, ninja, monk zodiac and Wilder.
The only bummer about IV's overworld is that it can bloat the game a tad, especially with all the elemental mark quests in Cloudy Stronghold. I'm mainly annoyed by the shallowness of Labyrinths, even Hall of Darkness which I hoped would go longer than 3.5 floors (I just got down there, still no need to face the next Dragon!). V going back to the old structure with better fleshed-out dungeons matters a lot more to me than separate mini-dungeons which work more like prototype displays of mechanics/FOEs which deserved to feature in the main dungeons.
It's the most dynamic box art the series has ever had. It's a step above even V's.
Fiiiiiiine.
https://www63.atwiki.jp/ssekaiju_maze2
That's untold 2, there's links to the other games on the frontpage. There might be other wikis but that's the one I used when I wanted info I couldn't find on english sources.
I don't understand how I'm supposed to get through B13F on expert mode in Untold 1. It's impossible.
edit: Ok made it. I'm the best.
edit: Ok made it. I'm the best.
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This is the first time I'm playing post-game content in an Etrian Odyssey game but now I see what you meant, it actually makes me wonder why Hall of Darkness wasn't part of the main game anyway because there's a lot of story content there too.
Just beat the Drake. Now it's time to get the remaining conditional drops (thank you so much Atlus for easy access to Formaldehydes!) and rebuild my party for Fallen One and the Pupa. I can probably beat this game tonight if I stay focused, as it's about several more hours of build-up to the final boss + figuring out both bosses.
I'm probably going to either blast through OG Untold's Story Mode on Picnic with NG+ gear or just wait for the next eShop sale to get Untold 2 and/or V. Summer's too short these days for me to binge these games.
I'm probably going to either blast through OG Untold's Story Mode on Picnic with NG+ gear or just wait for the next eShop sale to get Untold 2 and/or V. Summer's too short these days for me to binge these games.
So in the meantime most of my characters got to LV70 in Etrian Odyssey IV. I spent many hours mapping the floors in Halls of Darkness post-game dungeon, mixed all the gasses to weaken the boss and he's still way beyond what my party can handle. I guess I'll just leave it there because i don't really want to create new characters and grind them all the way up again. It's been a ride.
Can I fight the dragons without finishing Halls of Darkness?
Regarding LV99, I wouldn't even know how to level my characters beyond LV70 :)
Regarding LV99, I wouldn't even know how to level my characters beyond LV70 :)
Actually you need to defeat the dragons to increase your level cap lol and yes, you don't need finish the Hall to fight them.
Dragons raise the level cap AND drop materials from some good equipment.
They're far easier than the Hall imo.
Speaking of which, I beat the game about two weeks ago. 6th Stratum boss wasn't too bad, but I had already gotten my rested, retired-at-30 main party up to 95 beforehand. So it took only a couple tries to take it down with chemicals. Great fight for sure.
Now I've bitten the bullet and used my remaining gift money on EOV and its FM-synth DLC. But I'm gonna wait to go any further.
Now I've bitten the bullet and used my remaining gift money on EOV and its FM-synth DLC. But I'm gonna wait to go any further.
I really liked the way that was designed in IV, where you could fight a crazy insane superboss or make it a bit easier on yourself if you put in a little extra work. It's a shame EOV didn't do something similar.
Your team is fine, try resting if you feel you didn't spec their skills correctly however.
I'd pick up EOV- it's one of the best EO games and you could be waiting a long time for EOX.
How different is it from Etrian Odyssey IV or the Untold titles? I've played those and I never did get much difference between them.
EOV is not gonna be there for a long time away, and EOX will definitely be a completely different experience going by what's shown so far, so I'd pick it up if you're itching for an EO game to play.
EOV is more inline with Untold than IV in that there's no world map or mini dungeons. It's different from Untold in that story takes a backseat and in exchange allows you for a greater freedom of party composition.
It's a quicker play than EOIV due to no balloon navigation and mini-maps, but the character development/team synergy is just as sublime. No sub-classes but prestige specialisations instead allow for a more focused build rather than the raw freedom of IV to subclass anyone into almost any role.
It's closer to Untold in that it's closer to the originals- one dungeon that you chip away at with no additional maps offering a change of pace.
EOV is one of the best games in the series, the only one I may rank higher is 3.
The class selection is fantastic, and it's as pure dungeon crawling as it gets.
Speaking of Etrian Odyssey X... can we safely assume this is the last EO game as we know it? It's basically the culmination of the "Best of _" model Atlus has been relying on for years.
Surely after this game drops this August, Atlus has to swallow the medicine and move on from the 3DS? I mean, after localization, this will be an overseas release of late 2019 on 3DS.
Does that mean no light is shed on the Etrian Odyssey team's next-generation project until Tokyo Game Show 2019?
I mean, this is coming from a dude whose user name is Etrian Oddity, so obviously I give a shit about this series. The quality of the actual game remains as great as it's ever been, but the entire series has grown quite long in the tooth, and a lot of talented artists and designers are kind of stuck on a stale IP. (Also, I won't lie that I'm grumpy that the series has ditched pixel art and FM music, which was an enormous appeal to many EO1 fans in the first place.)
So what happens now? What do you guys think, for reals?
Surely after this game drops this August, Atlus has to swallow the medicine and move on from the 3DS? I mean, after localization, this will be an overseas release of late 2019 on 3DS.
Does that mean no light is shed on the Etrian Odyssey team's next-generation project until Tokyo Game Show 2019?
I mean, this is coming from a dude whose user name is Etrian Oddity, so obviously I give a shit about this series. The quality of the actual game remains as great as it's ever been, but the entire series has grown quite long in the tooth, and a lot of talented artists and designers are kind of stuck on a stale IP. (Also, I won't lie that I'm grumpy that the series has ditched pixel art and FM music, which was an enormous appeal to many EO1 fans in the first place.)
So what happens now? What do you guys think, for reals?