[PS2] Valkyrie Profile: Silmeria

Has anyone seen the Intro Movie yet? It looks pretty sweet. I assume thats Hrist after Alicia, and not Lenneth.

The only thing that bothered me about the GT's review was they said the game is a grindfest. So I guess that means theres no more experiance orbs, and that might really suck. On my first playthrough of VP1, I used the same characters until the end, since all new characters start at level 1 on hard mode. I never bothered to level them up just to send them to Asgard, in my opinion that was just a waste of time and it made no difference. I really hope they at least have new characters starting out at a reasonable level.

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Wow, I can't believe you guys are in Chapter 3 with such low levels, and short hours. I'm in Chapter 3 with 21:20 hours on the clock and I've freed about 6 or 7 Enherjar. My levels vary but I've been keeping Alicia(22) and Lezard(19) for most of the game, with 2 Einherjars in between. The sad thing is after all this time I just found out how the skill system really works last night. >_>

And if you think the game is hard now, it can actually get up to 50 times harder by replaying New Game+ multiple times. Man I love tri-Ace.

There's nowhere I can't reach.

Can someone post the stats for the Tri-Emblem? I missed it because I didn't find out about the stupid poem quest until Chapter 5. Why do games keep doing this to me? I try to master them without using guides and theres always some bogus, one-time only sidequest that no normal person would find out about on their own. Also, is it the same Tri-Emblem you get from the Seraphic Gate bosses?

[Progress: Chapter 6, Alicia Lv.54, 39.40H] The two new characters you get in the beginning of Ch.6 aren't going to leave again are they? >_>

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

So I just beat the game.

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The ending sucked, it was too short and left enough plot holes to barely make it a prequel. Ok now that I got that out the way, on to the real reason it was lame. They didn't explain anything, nothing about how VP2 connects to VP1. I always wondered how Brahms acquired Silmeria, and figured we'd find out in the ending. Not only was it not explained, we're left wondering how the hell Brahms and Odin survive to be in VP1 at all. Arngrim's the new guardian of the Dragon Orb and Rufus becomes the new king of Asgard, how does this play into Lenneth's timeline? Its like none of events of Chapter 5 and 6 ever happened in Valkyrie Profile 1, except the Valkyries being reincarnated. Lezard's presence was evident, he came from the future using Dipan's time machine after Ragnarok. Other than that, everything else is a complete mess. Maybe I missed something.. something huge, but how the hell is this a prequel again?

And I'm very confused. ._.

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Can someone tell me where I can find the third rune type for the First Aid skill? What mobs/shops can I get a light rune accessory from? I've been playing the game for over 70 hours now, beat the final boss, Seraphic Gate and got Alicia to Lv.99 but still never unlocked First Aid. She practically solo'd every boss because my party could never stay alive. It's kind of funny that I went all this time without it, but I haven't fought the real boss of SG yet. After maxing her level out, I retired Alicia and replaced her with a certain character that has much more growth potential. So First Aid is definitely a must have skill now.

I was speaking idiomatically.

I don't think anyone can afford those 20-30k Sealstones. If its true that you get more crystals in the harder difficulties, that must be the only way. I mean why/how else could someone make it through the game when its 50 times harder? And who would replay the game that many times anyway.

What kind of toxic man-thing is happening now?

I've been playing the game for over 90 hours now. Beat Seraphic Gate 3 times, got 5 characters to 99 and trying to get the 'Broken Sword Tyrhung' from Tiamat on Floor 4. I must say, the game is getting extremely repetative by now, and makes me hardly want to replay it anymore. Most likely due to the fact that I've been using the same characters for too long and I've seen their Soul Crush attacks way too many times. Add that to the fact that the bosses have millions of HP and take 20-40 minutes to kill. If I fight Dirna one more time I'm going to puke.

Anyway, I've been hardly using some of the 'best' characters at all. Like Rufus and Dylan. So theres still a little reason left to keep grinding even after all the work I've done.

Take a look at these: Insane Damage + 999 Hits.

I hope to accomplish one of those soon. lol

FELIPE NO

Vash

Spoiler:

You might want to try keeping him close to the crystal, or split your party and have 2-3 people on the crystal and Alicia on Lezard. The way I did it is I spent about half my AP on Lezard to break the barrier then the other half on the crystal. You can't Soul Crush the crystal so don't worry about doing combos, just damage it with what you have. Whatever you do, DON'T spend all your AP on Lezard just to break his defense, and especially, DON'T try to kill him. You might want to use an Overdrive. When the Barrier is down you can move around a little to build some AP (10-15 more AP) then blow it all on the crystal. Or you could use the Mithra water on the crystal, I never tried that. Be warned though the second round of the final battle is pretty tough also. Only one of your characters will be able to do full damage.

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

Originally Posted by Xellos

About chapter 6 characters you get:

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I fucking hate this. Out of the blue you get 3 characters? meh. I'm not gonna bother using any of them. I really want to use Hrist but at her current level, and the equipment I can give her she'll be a downgrade over my current group. Brahms I just don't like, never did. Lenneth I would use but same reason as Hrist, downgrade, plus I'd have to teach her EVERY skill, since our "Lenneth the creator" appearently got lazy and stopped learning skills. She comes with 2 skills!

I'll stick with Alicia, Arngrim, Rufus and Adonis for now. If I find a decent weapon that rivals Adonis's weapon I'll gladly replace him. I might replace Rufus is the time comes, but Alicia and Arngrim i'll keep till the end, even in the Seraphic Gate. I sure as hell won't go for the cliche overpowered newb group you can assemble there.

That's a wise decision.

Spoiler:

Because by the end of the chapter, before the final boss those 3 new characters won't be there.

I really hate it when RPGs do that, letting characters leave your party at the drop of a hat. Especially when they get to take your equipment with them, seriously WTF? Where do developers get off on doing that, is it just to make us feel betrayed? Because it damn sure isn't 'cool.' That kind of stuff is what forces me to use guides and spoil the game for myself. Theres nothing that pisses me off more than wasting time on one of my favorite characters only to have them bail out on me and steal my favorite sword. :aargh:

How ya doing, buddy?