Random Ramblings: Season 4 - Episode 12 - The Air Is So Salty It's Lethal

I win without grinding.

That's possible in a game where gear is more important than levels.

Etrian Odyssey...is not one of those games. At all.

I could do it.

"The Planetary Pit Stop, where dreams come to die."

Charles wrote:

Lief Katano wrote:Tbh the only thing making it hard right now (on Normal/Story Mode) is the fact that I have one guy with access to magic elements and he has a rather small TP count.

And makes up for it by being able to turn into a dragon knight.

Though admittedly all of those impressions were from the demo.

Also, are Grimoire Stones Story-exclusive?

A dragon knight who gets incredibly OP as the game goes on.  

Nope, the only thing that's Story-exclusive is Ginnungagap and its enemies.  

Also, correct:

Lief Katano wrote:I cleaned out the EOU2 demo. 

Now I have cleaned out the EOU2 demo (via beating up FOEs and gaining their skills as Grimoire Stones, as well as their sweet, succulent drops).

I've never played Etrian Odyssey, any good?

Very good.

Maybe.

It's not a mystery at all.

Livia just hasn't played the game(s).

True.

What's it like?

It's a turn-based, first-person RPG where you explore a tree dungeon (a very long tree dungeon, or alternatively smaller, multiple dungeons in IV) and draw maps. It has a skill point-based skill-learning system - when you level up, you gain a singular skill point, which can then be used to learn abilities or enhance abilities you already know (which can unlock new abilities for you to learn).

Also it's hard.

There are enemies on the map that are explicitly stated to screw you over if you make contact with them, and they will. Finding your way around them and/or avoiding them forms the standard dungeon puzzles.

You said it better than I was going to.  XD