[PS2] Wild Arms: Vth Vanguard

Oh god it's out tomorrow, i still haven't finished Romancing SaGa, Persona 3, Suikoden V, Pokemon, and .hack GU 2

Oh well just another game to make space for on my memory card!

Jam it back in, in the dark.

What are you talking about? I enjoy Romancing Saga immensely. One of the most fun games i've played in a while. Speaking of games i won't finish in a while, Grim Grimoire is going to be covered in dust while i play WA5.

And WA5 is fun. Though the dub is pretty bad. I never played WA4 so this hex thing is pretty new to me. I like it a lot, especially the elemental hex thing, makes positioning a bit important.

There's nowhere I can't reach.

The encounter rate in the first dungeon truly annoyed me

Until i found that crystal thing that lets you TURN OFF ENCOUNTERS

Jesus Christ. So awesome.

This thing is sticky, and I don't like it. I don't appreciate it.

seriously how did they think that that was a good idea?

It's a good thing i just beat Persona 3.

PS: While becky seriously gets on my nerves, one line had me in stitches.

Spoiler:

(I had no idea that Dean was into little girls...) Refrencing Carol when he beats a boss with her

Otherwise her voice needs to die.

A lot of these cutscenes are hilarious, i'm glad they're putting at least a little humor into a rpg.

I am a dolphin, do you want me on your body?

I'm joking. Who's actually serious about this?

I was speaking idiomatically.

Oh, i just think the name is retarded, but i'm not up in arms or anything about it.

Speaking of retarded names: TrekStor [MP3 players - USB sticks - hard drives]

What kind of toxic man-thing is happening now?

I just noticed i had a piece of equipment in my inventory called a black suit.

From this moment on this should be a 'Becky's got back' thread. Post becky's booty asap.

This is the second wild arms with a walking turn on. Two of them!

FELIPE NO

Originally Posted by Elixir

Hey guys, an undub is now available if anyone cares - and people should care, because dubbing over Nana Mizuki is a crime. And the American VAs aren't all that great.

Oh thank god I can't stand Becky's voice any longer.

What, you don't want my bikini-clad body?

Speaking of which

Spoiler:

I require pics of Nightburn, he is awesome. Anyone know his English VA? It's the only decent one there.

Jam it back in, in the dark.

Ugh i just unlocked the black market

These prices are recockulous. This with the fact that the real leveling trick was taken out means i can't really buy things in any form of a timely fashion. Christ.

There's nowhere I can't reach.

Originally Posted by rpgcrazied

im gonna use carols levels lol, cuz i hate her :P

I hate you

This thing is sticky, and I don't like it. I don't appreciate it.

Spoiler:

I didn't do the towers unil i was well into my 60's, and I left them in my 70's.

I'm now at the end with everyone at 100 with sheriff stars and a few violators.

I am a dolphin, do you want me on your body?

Ok, looking back, and checking your level, this is the best way to go about leveling quickly.

Spoiler:

First off you'll need the following items.
Hen Badges
1 Growth Egg
Force Carrot
Speed Skates
Two Dog Leashes
Optional
Punching Glove
King's Crown

And Asgard. I'll talk about these items here as well.

First off, make Hen Badges and a Growth Egg. Put the Hen badges on Dean and anyone else you want, and the Growth egg on him as well.

Next, you'll need speed skates. If you can make them, that's the best.

Finally, the hard part.

Warp that first dungeon place(very first, the one that dean went to with his shovel and had tutorials and such), get on asgard and hover over the water to the nearby Aztec temple-like place.

Leave and then warp to Wayward Path(S) in Northwest Filgaia. Look to the southwest, and on the mountain range on the right is an area Asgard can Falcon Punch through. Go through and north is Inferno. (By the way, south is TF System Tower F).

Go to inferno, Leave and Save. Come back.

This is the fun part. You'll have to run from every fight, in and out of here.

F1: A chest with 2 duplicators, you'll need them, take N crystal.
F2: Take SE crystal. (directly to the east as you enter)
F3:Turn directly east, jump and use your anchor hook, take the crystal
F4: Take SW crystal.(Directly to the west)
F2: Take W crystal.
F6: Stomp dive the blue switch in NW corner to change position of big bridge,
then get across the bridge to S side, open chest for two Holy Berries, take
W crystal.
F7: Take SW crystal.
F6: When you get back, the bridge's position has reset, now you can reach E crystal.
F2: Step on blue floor switch to cause the bridge to start rotating. Hop on
rotating bridge and use AH to reach N side, open chest in NE corner for
5 Mega Berries, take N crystal
F8: There's a save point in SW corner, stand on AH floor plate and use AH to
hook on white orb above you. While you're traveling, drop down onto rotating
bridge and make it to W crystal.
F11: Stand on AH floor plate and use AH to hook on white orb above you, then drop off on the other side, take NE crystal.
F13: Use Duplo on Duplo chest for what we've came here for, the Full Carrot. Take the S crystal.
F11: Head back across using the AH, take E crystal.
F8: Save point. Take S crystal
F2: Go SW up the stairs to reach the S crystal to F1 and leave.



Now, The full carrot makes it that if you get the first turn in a fight, you get a full force bar. With a full force bar, you can summon Equites. With the speed skates, you always get the first turn. The summon gets stronger when you're with your allies, and the dog leashes make sure that your other two characters are always paired up. The sword medium makes sure you are able to move to them whenever. Dean at level 100 does 20k damage per enemy. The most EXP i've gotten was in Coyctus and was (88k x 2) X 6 (Monopoly Gourd which i'll get to in a moment). The Kings crown aids in leveling in coyctus because one enemy in there takes half damage from physical attacks, and you can finish them off.

You only need to be level 70-72 to beat up the towers. After which, get to the black market (Hmm, what was it now, it was something > Girl in that city near the desert > peaches to Jet > Fang to guy in Laila Baile for the black pass). You can whore out your other three characters for itams. I reccomend you first get the 20+ level carrots to get dean to 100(Really he should be 80 by the time you're out of there and you'd only need one), then start getting sherrif stars (all the A badges), the school outfits, Violators (Basically just get TIny flowers, Gunstar Signs and Chick Badges, those are the hardest of the lot to get, and you'll only need 3), and various badges that are hard to get.

Just a checklist
First 3 characters to level 100
6 Sherrif Stars
3 Violators
1 of each costume

After you get everything, get 6 Level apples (faster than getting 3), ever those three to 60 and level them up to 100.

That's pretty much what I did, took a few hours of work.

Phew.

I was speaking idiomatically.

Spoiler:

Make the badge that makes mp consumption half. It's A rank and i don't feel like seeing what it is.

Also give him a laurel crown, mist cloak and a red pepper. You'll restore like 1k hp per round and dodge half of his physical attacks.

What kind of toxic man-thing is happening now?

Spoiler:

Sea Medium is the worst idea i've ever heard. Power Medium+those badges i told you and i killed Elvis in 3 turns. Heavy Crush > Hi-Blast or Gems. there's ALWAYS a weakness panel for them in the solo fights.

Honestly I did Perspherone > Ferydoon > Elvis > Kartekiya, that's pretty much easiest to hardest. Hell, Kartekiya was the only one that actually ended up attacking me.

FELIPE NO

Spoiler:

It's open, just be sure to get the black pass of course. Do you have the wolf fang or whatever it was called from Jet?

Most amazing jew boots

Spoiler:

remember my leveling trick, you don't even have to touch dean or your main 2 character's levels. I first got dean to 100 then those two, THEN started getting badges. I didn't do Tower 0 until everyone was 100 and had a sherrif star.

Jam it back in, in the dark.

But.. but..

Spoiler:

There IS no main game left, that's the last dungeon.

How can you not lose thanks to the sea medium? While the first 3 busses never hit me and i got them down in 3 shots, Kartekiya actually attacked and i'd be dead several times over without the extra hp the Sword medium gives you. The high HP, along with a Red Pepper for extra hp regen, a laurel crown to double hp regen, and I was pretty fine. I never mentioned using sherrif stars for the towers, that's crazy hard to do.

As an alternative to using dean in that first fight, give avril a power medium, and a sea/mountain for the other two.

Most amazing jew boots

Spoiler:

Oh, well I walked out of the towers at 70(dean at 78).

How could you get your hp over 4000 with a sea medium, at level 50ish when at 100 a person with a sea medium has 5400 hp at best? I could barely break the required 5000 to survive.. Either Fery's or Kartekia's special attack, which did 5000 damage. I couldn't even have that much on dean, so it ended up having to trap him in the corner and revive him every time he died. And since he's the only one that did any reasonable damage (Finest Arts was like, 7 or 8k back then)

This thing is sticky, and I don't like it. I don't appreciate it.

I regret playing this game before Wild Arms 4. Talking to people in it gets old very, very fast. I don't think i'll play it at all

Now to find Grandia 3...

How ya doing, buddy?

Originally Posted by Elixir

So I just beat this game tonight.

This game is a gigantic piece of shit and nobody should buy it. The biggest redeeming feature is the box art and amazing battle system. Really the battle system is fantastic and a wonderful step up from WA4 but as for the story god what the fuck happened there.

If anyone cares the art book is basically a ripped up version of this shit and this shit.

You lost all rights to your Avatar, because I, Ashton, who has the most excellent tastes in video games and video game culture, and have played every RPG in the past, present, and future, finds that Wild Arms V is as good as Persona 3

And that, as they say, is that

How ya doing, buddy?

Originally Posted by Talaysen

Try giving him a Berserker's Badge and Cat's Paw to boost the damage some.

This. This is pretty much what i did for the entire game. Dean attacks, someone heals, and another has a mountain medium to lock out so they can't move. Never cluster up unless you know you can take the damage (for more force meter chargin) and Finest arts over and over. That's it.

Now that I'm 100, it's more Dean/Rebecca with both having a Sherrif Star/Cat's Paw/Berserker's Badge/Violator/any other badge i think is good, and anyone else healin.

What kind of toxic man-thing is happening now?

Rebecca (And Advil) are really, to a point, more for DP damage than outright damage. Sure chuck can do a ton, but Becky can make an enemy never, ever attack. I've had her empty a full clip with one command. the monster she was fighting didn't die, but it was pushed off the turn meter.

FELIPE NO