You're given a new item for completing each of your generals mandatory worlds. I don't quite remember if you have to upgrade them before they're officially blood gear or not tbh, but maybe.How do you get Blood Gear in Siugnas' story? I'm playing in Japanese and the in game tutorial is kinda confusing.
I upgraded the item and it became blood gear. Thanks!You're given a new item for completing each of your generals mandatory worlds. I don't quite remember if you have to upgrade them before they're officially blood gear or not tbh, but maybe.
Yeah, I just finished Sigunas' scenario myself and I now think Diva's scenario is just straight up unfinished or it went through major changes during development. Her party is just not explained at all (it's obvious that each member is from a different world), and the ending is super abrupt. (What the hell happened to Constantine after the fact? What is the rest of the party doing now? What of all the mandatory robots that join Diva during the story? I kind of wonder if the original plan was to have Diva visit the worlds that the starting party members were from, but they quickly pivoted to other robots for reasons, especially the one in Brighthome which seems really, really random.)Having now beaten all the protags my ranking would be Siugnas > Mido 2 > Mido 1 > Bonnie & Formina > Ameya 2 > Diva No 5 > Ameya 1. For the most part I really enjoyed all of the scenarios, but Ameya's first run kind of feels like "the fuck even happened" and Diva No. 5 is underbaked in that it seems to have aspirations of playing up party interactions like Siugnas', but just misses the mark by having those interactions being a couple lines in the junction after worlds instead of having anything to do with the worlds themselves.
Yeah, I just finished Sigunas' scenario myself and I now think Diva's scenario is just straight up unfinished or it went through major changes during development. Her party is just not explained at all (it's obvious that each member is from a different world), and the ending is super abrupt. (What the hell happened to Constantine after the fact? What is the rest of the party doing now? What of all the mandatory robots that join Diva during the story? I kind of wonder if the original plan was to have Diva visit the worlds that the starting party members were from, but they quickly pivoted to other robots for reasons, especially the one in Brighthome which seems really, really random.)
Having now beaten all the protags my ranking would be Siugnas > Mido 2 > Mido 1 > Bonnie & Formina > Ameya 2 > Diva No 5 > Ameya 1. For the most part I really enjoyed all of the scenarios, but Ameya's first run kind of feels like "the fuck even happened" and Diva No. 5 is underbaked in that it seems to have aspirations of playing up party interactions like Siugnas', but just misses the mark by having those interactions being a couple lines in the junction after worlds instead of having anything to do with the worlds themselves.
I've begun to notice a consistent theme across most of the worlds, of some sealed evil that we can't even fight or greater deity that oversees things in each world. There also seems to be a theme of each world going through cycles. Then there's the antagonist group which only really get in our way, their actual motivations and where they fit into all of this isn't explained at all.The more I do Capital City (I've done it 4 times I think so far), the more I dislike it even though it's a cool looking map. The election is just sooooooo incredibly boring. And plays out mostly the same every single run. Lots of dialogue to skip. Very few battles.
Also the scenario makes it seem like something is up with Allen because of his comment about VTOLs towards the end, but I haven't had any scenario where you can investigate Allen and find out he's like a secret alien or something (which would at least be something interesting).
It's crazy how some worlds have so much variety, yet other worlds you end up doing over and over again in your runs because they're required and they're like 95% the exact same thing every time. Just seems so odd to put the effort for replays into some worlds but not others.
Oh, if anyone is looking, there is someone uploading music tracks for the game, though I had to dig quite a bit to find them. Though they only have a few that I couldn't find elsewhere.
I especially like this combat theme.
View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hqfEC3_xc1U
I knew something was up cause every time i put up 30 of something all the offers are the same as 1 of a thing. Feels kinda like a bug idk, but seems best trading same tier weapons around to build rank.Yeah.
I should also clarify, it doesn't seem like you're supposed to ship out the spirit stones yourself (I just tried that and have been getting pathetic offers for them), the things I listed randomly appear in the bidding section. I see a trade for 2 Magic Stones for 80 Spirit Stones.
Nope. At least I don't think so? I fought them all my first time and the next two times I just watched the witches slay. Didn't seem to make a difference.My second run of Pulchra is burning me out. Doing all the side stories is so damn tedious. Too many constant battles. Do I really have to fight them all?
If you're referring to the calamity crystal fights, those are completely optional and you can just watch the witches the whole way through. It makes zero difference to the overall progression of the plot lines there. The only fights that matter are the mandatory ones and the final one that dictates whether Ameya joins your party or not.My second run of Pulchra is burning me out. Doing all the side stories is so damn tedious. Too many constant battles. Do I really have to fight them all?
Oooh I could've sworn the game said the progress slowed if I fought instead of watched. Fuck that then. I'll only fight in the one where you recruit Ameya.If you're referring to the calamity crystal fights, those are completely optional and you can just watch the witches the whole way through. It makes zero difference to the overall progression of the plot lines there. The only fights that matter are the mandatory one and the final one that dictates whether Ameya joins your party or not.
I suspect the devs made it like this because Pulchara would have been EXTREMELY annoying if you didn't have the option to skip those fights.
Really? If the game said that, it might slow calamity progress, but I observed no difference during the demo and on a pragmatic level, you really don't want to go through that kind of hassle unless you really want to grind up your party for some reason. If you fight them all while trying to clear two of Pulchara's plot lines and screw up towards the end, that could potentially be an hour or two down the drain instead of half an hour.Oooh I could've sworn the game said the progress slowed if I fought instead of watched. Fuck that then. I'll only fight in the one where you recruit Ameya.
Scarlet Grace is definitely the stronger package in regards to actually feeling like you're playing a complete game no matter what character you choose, though a lot of the actual exploring and narrative feels like random guesswork.so how does this game compare to Scarlet Grace Ambitions? I've checked Noisy Pixel's reviews for both games and it seems like Scarlet Grace is the stronger package.
A lot of people seem to have gone about it in various ways. Mido and Ameya are both substantially shorter runs that depend on replaying their scenarios to get more out of them, but Ameya has an ending tied to completing side quests as OTHER characters so I wouldn't replay hers a bunch back to back, and it's guaranteed to feel the most incomplete on first playthrough. The other protagonists have longer playthroughs so you might not want to replay them back to back.Planning on starting this over the next couple of days. Sorry if this is a stupid question, but I've read a lot about doing multiple playthroughs for each character. Should you jump into the 2nd playthrough for a character right after finishing the 1st one, or is it better to jump between different characters (so do everyone's 1st playthrough, then go onto the 2nd playthroughs etc)? Wasn't sure if there was a 'correct' way to approach this!
Thanks for all the info! That's helpful. I was considering stating with Siugnas but might go with Mido as that sounds like a good way to ease myself into the game. Glad to hear Siugnas is good though as he was the character I've been most interested in.A lot of people seem to have gone about it in various ways. Mido and Ameya are both substantially shorter runs that depend on replaying their scenarios to get more out of them, but Ameya has an ending tied to completing side quests as OTHER characters so I wouldn't replay hers a bunch back to back, and it's guaranteed to feel the most incomplete on first playthrough. The other protagonists have longer playthroughs so you might not want to replay them back to back.
Personally I went Mido -> Siugnas -> Ameya -> Ameya -> Bonnie & Formina -> Diva No. 5 -> Mido -> Mido. Mido serves as a good intro to the game because of a shorter scenario and is fun to replay because I think his scenario probably changes the most. But they all have unique aspects to them. I would recommend Siugnas as the strongest scenario for his larger narrative focus, extremely fun protagonist, and very fun vampire mechanics, and you can basically play his scenario alone and get a more "complete" experience than any other character I think.
You might be able to recruit the same characters across different protagonists, but a lot of party members are also unique to certain protagonists so you can't really count on it too much.
It probably depends on what you are looking to get out of the game, since they have very different design philosophies. Scarlet Grace is more centered around the main characters individual stories playing out as they travel around the world (with one of the characters having a free scenario style adventure). Emerald Beyond focuses more on traveling to different worlds, with the main character experiencing that world's story but not necessarily having any, or very weak, story ties to that particular world.so how does this game compare to Scarlet Grace Ambitions? I've checked Noisy Pixel's reviews for both games and it seems like Scarlet Grace is the stronger package.
The fight was hard for me at first.I can't freaking beat the End of Calamity battle with Diva. I don't have any powerful aoe attacks and there are too many enemies casting spells at once. It takes too long to kill each of them and it's hard relying on lucky stuns and Overdrives. Diva has two aoe moves on her and every time she goes into Overdrive she doesn't even use them. And again, even if she does, she's weak as hell.
So I noticed after my third Mido playthrough the character select screen shows Miyako City in the background when you hover over him, in addition to the gold bars around his name. Maybe their world indicates a "thorough completion" though then I question what the fuck the gold bars mean lol.
Comparisons:
1) Mido (to power him up for all other campaigns and to power Boh up for Ameya's campaign)
2) Ameya (to power her up for all other campaigns)
3) Sigunas (the easiest of the 'advanced' campaigns, and completion of his campaign appears to be a pre-requisite to unlock him as a party member for all other campaigns)
4) Diva (to unlock her as a party member in B+F)
5) B+F (I believe Diva's final boss is harder, but B+F's starting party is so weak compared to the others that their campaign was the only one where I actively replaced most of the starting party. I also haven't heard anything about whether completion of their campaign actually unlocks anything for all the others.)
6) Mido true ending
7) Ameya true ending (if you've seen all Pulchara plotlines through all the other campaigns)
Can you rank techs up with easy and normal battles? I'm trying to unlock Gun + Sword with Mido and only need one more rank of the two required techs to do it but it's taking forever.
Also, do kugutsu roles that you get from monsters and spirits carry over to subsequent playthroughs? I think they do based on the NG+ screen. Do the skills they mimic carry over?
Lastly, can you unlock Mido with Ameya? I'm guessing you can't since their stories seem to be happening at the same time. But I do know that many of the protagonists can be recruit in other stories if you've already beaten theirs once. For example, I read you can recruit Diva in Avalon as well as Siugnas in Yomi if you've beaten their stories. I was wondering if it was the same with Mido. I think I've read of people recruiting him with Siugnas by visiting Miyako City, but Miyako is kinda like a hub for Ameya and doesn't really have a story so my guy is telling me you can't recruit Mido at all with her.
Ok I guess I'll just keep spamming these repeatable battles till my techs rank up. Probably have to spark some stuff for a couple more of my kugutsu as well, especially the martial arts guy. Since I gave Mido a gun and a sword I have no one else using martial arts for him to learn. Shame a lot not being able to recruit Mido as Ameya. It seems like that's the case. I can tell he's gonna get pretty strong. I need someone to replace LoLo in her story because I just hate having monsters and worrying about redoing trials to get more accessories and finding the right monsters to learn techs. I'll have to settle for Dolores since I used her for the majority of my Diva run and made her decently strong.1. I think so? I think ranking up is just about using skills a certain number of times, whereas glimmering new techs itself requires enemies to be a certain difficulty. That said depending on how high your BR is I would think even their inspiration "level" high enough to let you glimmer.
2. Yes Kugutsu keep all developments like other characters, and don't lose access to anything. With repeated use I have found I can really depend on these dudes by my third playthrough because I had so many Soul Techs on top of useful souls like the -1 BP on damage one and whatever natural techs they have mimicked over cumulative playthroughs.
3. I doubt she can recruit him. I don't know that anyone can be certain of possible recruitments until the guide comes out or datamining reveals recruitment options, but I think it's assumed this one can't happen (just like B+F don't seem to be recruitable by any other protags sadly - though they seem to be the only one able to recruit all the other protags funny enough).
Alright I beat Diva's story last night. It sucked. I think I'm at a point where the game's BR is too damn high no matter what I do. Almost every fight takes a while and is often a big struggle. Enemies are really spongy and way too many of the encounters are filled with enemies that can aoe, as well as do multiple aoe status ailments on me. The last few bits of Diva's story were so damn hard (surprisingly not her final boss). Now I started Mido's and my god it's infuriatingly difficult. Like it's straight up unfair. I somehow beat the little Pulchra intro and Delta Base and am now in Yomi where I'm grinding at a red door to learn some techs and spells because otherwise there's no way I'm beating this.
I'm generally not a fan of monsters either, but there's few things as strong in this game as a high INT mage + a monster with ranked up elemental salvo. It allows you to speed up 2 turn spells to 1 turn, and its cost starts at 3BP but decreases to 1BP as it ranks up. So at rank 2 you'll be able to cast most AoEs on turn 2 with the rising power formation, and at rank 3 you can even do it to The Tower and Snowstorm.
Started up Mido's third run. Was curious based on how much was changing and being revealed whether this was the last variation, interesting to know it is. Got Grelon again as one of my first 2 choices despite it being part of my first, so I suppose it doesn't necessarily prefer worlds you haven't visited. Still, found the iterative runs to be a neat way to handle his campaigns.
Just on the cusp of having him being able to do the sword/gun duo as well, so I'm interested in how effective it is once I unlock it.
Also is it just me, or was his last boss on run 2 kind of a joke for a brutal, especially compared to some of the spirit brutals? The fire brutal in Cinq took me multiple tries and revisions, where I stomped that last boss first try. Honestly, a bit disappointed.
She's cute but it just sucks. At least her final boss theme is a banger. Same with the Beast King one.I feel so bad for Diva. :(
Best girl deserved a better campaign.
I feel so bad for Diva. :(
Best girl deserved a better campaign.
Is there a way to know which techs Kugutsu can't mimic? I'm trying to teach Musashi Boasting Slash and Dark Centipede and it's just not happening.
Goddammit you're right. I didn't even notice. Well that's a lot of time wasted…I'm pretty sure they can't mimic any of the human-only Custom Techs, which both Boasting Slash and Dark Centipede are.
Is there a way to know which techs Kugutsu can't mimic? I'm trying to teach Musashi Boasting Slash and Dark Centipede and it's just not happening.