Comment on My highest achievement in Expedition 33 (yet)
Kolanaki@pawb.social 5 days ago
I am wondering what level the party should be before really exploring the map because I was looking around everywhere I could go once I got Esquie but outside of the path to the next objective, everything encountered was so beefy I could do 20,000 damage with the first 3 attacks and still not see a dent in the health bar as they go on to one shot all 3 characters at once. Very FF-ish in that regard, to me, which makes me expect that there will be a good point at which I can stomp these barriers out, just not now unless I grind like a motherfucker for it.
I did a few exploration and chromatic bosses during the story but not much.
I didn’t want to be overpowered for the story boss as you can’t enjoy the battle and music when you almost ont shot things. You can even miss lore with some bosses.
So exploring is done now, with Esquie flying and the story done. I can build the cheesiest team I want now without having regrets.
Yeah, I always explore everything I can reach first, although if I encounter a boss that I can’t even scratch I won’t stick around for a 37 minute fight ;) so I have some things to return to.
I’m level 40 now and the story bosses are just not scary anymore. But so far I still enjoy being a bit overpowered at times so it’s fine.
Don’t fret. I think concentrating on the story quests first is the best way to keep the difficulty most engaging. You can keep playing after the end. The side content you can access after getting access to all areas is the hardest in the game. But if you do that first you can easily one shot anything, including the final boss.
I’ve been tempted to go back and beat things i skipped but decided to wait until Esquire can fly. I figure it will save on travel time.
That’s been my thought too.
I can’t help but equating it to Final Fantasy from 9 or below when that was kind of the formula. You do the prologue, get into the wider world without transport, check out what you can reach, then you get a boat or some way of crossing some barriers but not others and you can encounter things way too hard for you, but by the time you get the transport that lets you go everywhere, you’re almost finished with the game and probably ready to take on the optional monsters. lol
tanisnikana@lemmy.world 5 days ago
Yeah, eventually a dungeon will just stop being dangerous. Of course, there’s no good reason to ever take damage in this game. Unless you make mistakes.
I make a lot of mistakes.
bjoern_tantau@swg-empire.de 5 days ago
I love that all the no damage gamers switched to all damage runs with this game as “the hard thing”. Because everyone already knows that a hitless parry only run is possible. No need to prove it.