by DarkMyau » Wed Feb 01, 2023 2:14 pm
Rhys is underway. I pick a short sword and out I go. Mieu is easily recruited and into the cave to grind to lvl 5 before getting the sapphire from Lyle.
In hindsight, I should have equipped Rhys with 2 knives as the short sword sucks damage wise. Rhys quickly falls behind Mieu in damage dealt and honestly stays there the whole run. Two attacks are better than one and Rhys just doesn't hit hard enough. Rhys + Sword < Rolf + sword.
Mieu's techs work better than I remember and she is curing poison and even reviving herself quickly. Only once in the playthrough does she fail to revive anyone.
ISLAND CAVE - We own this place! Rhys and Mieu walk everywhere and gain the first 5 levels very quickly. Not even close to a death yet.
TO AQUATICA - Again no real challenge here and two levels each to boot. I'm nervous that things seem to be going a bit too well...
Well here I am in Rysel and yup, not enough money to buy everything I need so outside for grinding. Wow Buzzgulls are tough, but the exp is there. Lvl 9 comes before I have the Meseeta. But I finally move on.
TO ARIDIA - Pretty straight forward, Rhys is lvl 10 now and I hate his short sword. Mieu is carrying the team hard.
GIants seem tough, but arn't and we reach Hazatack without issue. Finally a Sword and better armour for both. But I dont have enough for a hunting shot for Wren. Do I grind up for it or get impatient? Yup, impatience wins and after a little grinding I decide the weather control tower would be better to grind in so wander west to get Wren.
WESTERN CAVE - I brought 2 monomates and an antidote each for Rhys and Mieu. But we burn through those and all of Mieus MP just as we reach Wren...who doesnt have a weapon.. Luckily he has an escapepipe and I boldly flee. (I had an escapepipe already so it was just a bonus) The trip back to Hazatack is annoying as Wrens tech's are useless.
A little grinding to get Wrens armour and again I decide it would be better to grind in the control tower.
WEATHER CONTROL TOWER - Hi ya Lyle...With one staff and no where around to get a second one...And a garment too...so no armour. Well he's there and at least he chips in damage wise...Not much. The monsters rap up massively in here and I decide to grind for meseeta. The best fight in the generation is here! 4 back row Fearmoo's and 4 front row Clusters. 200 Mst and a lot of damage as they love to spam zan!!! Sadly the fight is rare but over 100 per fight from other enemies is doable. I again run low on medicine and MP and have to bail out and head back. Mieu dies within sight of the entrance, and I have to run back to town without her.
Back in Hazatack I see that I made over 1000 mst! All the armour for Lyle and Wren is bought and I decide that its time to upgrade to dimate. Monomate just isn't cutting it anymore and I am using Mieus res too much. Now the smart move would have been to go back to the tower and grind for more mst as I will need loads of it for the next area. But I wonder how much I will get from Shursoren and decide to press on. Exp still isnt an issue as I feel at lvl 13 I am over leveled for this point in the game.
Agoe offeres better armour and weapons but wow! Are they expensive. Shursoren isnt any better and I cant afford anything.. Time to grind.
SHURSOREN - The levels keep coming but the money is taking a long time. I just buy a steel sword for Rhys and again wonder if grinding will be better in Cille.
VS LYLE - First boss fight. He hits hard with foi but is down in 3 rounds. Who was he kidding? Anyway moving on and with Lena we are finally a five!
Any expectations on Lena should be left at the door. She will never do decent damage, she can take a punch though and gets decent HP. And hey, five is better than four. Well back to Aridia
WEATHER CONTROL TOWER - Yay....back tracking. But this time I bring dimates and am planning to grind a lot. The exp and Mst is wayyyyyy better than Shursoren and I put together 2k which I mistakenly think is plenty... Not even close.... But With Rhys and Mieu dying and Mieu (with full MP) failing to cast Rever on either herself or Rhys, I limp back to town again. Yup the theme of this run so far is grass is greener on the other side lol and I decide to head for Cille instead of going back for more mst. *sigh*
Outside of Cille is actually great for mst, the dungeon on the other hand is good for exp but not money. There are chirpers here.... WHYYYYYYYY???
CILLE - Yup, no h, its Cille and I remember this dungeon completely. Its a leasurely walk to the King with only a few dimates used. But here we go!
VS KING Cille - Really? 3 rounds??? He's not even close to hurting anyone. I bought 5 dimates that don't get used at all for each party member that the next generation will get to enjoy I guess. His Dryad body guard meets Wrens Ceramic Shot and are reduced to a fine red mist in the first attack of the fight and he flails angrily at us doing very little damage with zan and is dog piled on by all five of us. Generation 1 complete!