[PS2] Disgaea 2

I just ordered this off ebay. Sure, it was $58 US, but if the original Disgaea is anything to go by, this will be rare in about 8 month's time. (That's also including $18 insured postage.)

Is the strategy guide worth ordering? I chewed through Disgaea 1 solely on GameFAQs, but I never bothered getting the Yoshitsuna and other legendary items in the item world. I'd like to thrash this game as much as possible but I'm pretty sure GameFAQs will be coughing out guides regardless. Some of the stuff in the original game wasn't explained very well in their guide.

Jam it back in, in the dark.

Well, I've just done some browsing.

I pretty much can't order a guide because postage to New Zealand would cost MORE than the price of the of the guide itself. I'll just wait until GameFAQs comes up with information, or something. There really isn't a lot I can do.

There's nowhere I can't reach.

Originally Posted by CloudNine

Is this one worth picking up if you haven't played the first Disgaea? I don't really want to dish out 150 bucks for both of them right now.

I recommend getting both, and playing the first disgaea before the second.

I'm doing that right now and it's addictive. 2 hasn't arrived but even if it did, I'd probably want to go back to the original and max everything out first.

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

You get a Gency every time you clear the 10th level of an item in Item World.

In Disgaea 1 there wasn't any other way, so I'm just assuming it's the same for 2. Otherwise getting specialists would be way too easy.

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

I believe I see a trend happening here.

This is why I don't order from places which don't have any reputation. Sure, the art book and extras would be useful, but all you really need is the strategy guide. This is the internet, after all. It's not like they haven't already scanned the art book/manga.

Try dealing with this every day when I import something. My country isn't covered by the fair trading act on international orders. If something doesn't arrive here, I'm pretty much screwed as well. Unless the person sending the product is kind enough to replace it.

In a way, my delay is a good thing. I really don't want to put the first game down at the moment. It's awesome when you really get yourself involved with Item World.

I was speaking idiomatically.

Originally Posted by Generic Badass

Anyway, since your best character is that level 100 Adell sitting in your base panel, wait until the Nekomata levels to about 200. Then, bring your guys back in and throw it in. The general rule is that you can capture any monster that is twice your level, which is how this "trick" works.

Now that you've got that level 200 Nekomata, you can capture a level 400 one. Then 800, 1600, and so on, until you capture a 9999 Nekomata.

Uh, I don't think anyone should follow your advice.

You don't throw enemies into your base panel unless you first drain their HP to the lowest you possibly can, or drain their SP. The SP is their first attack in the base panel, so the less the monster you're trying to capture has, the better.

Also, say you're trying to capture a level 1000 Nekomata. If you have a level 500 Nekomata, you won't have much success. You need to have multiple level 500's before capturing a 1000. So the safest thing to do is, capture about 10 of the same level, pass a Stronger Enemies bill, and capture 10 of that level.

In short, stack enemies -> lower hp -> retreat allies -> bring out some weakling to throw them on your base panel -> hope for the best -> pass stronger enemy bills -> stack enemies and repeat the process as many times as you need to.

What kind of toxic man-thing is happening now?

My copy just arrived from amerikkkkkkka.

During it's arrival I've been playing the HELL out of the first game. It's sad, but I probably won't be playing the original half as much as before. Mind you, all I had to do was beat Uber Prinny Baal and go through the rank 40 items in Item World. Which is easier said then done.

FELIPE NO

Are the healer/fighter/mages that you're given at the beginning considered story characters? Because I'm thinking I should work on them instead of Adell, so I can transmigrate them into better classes (assuming there's transmigration, and assuming CoO4 is what everyone's making it out to be) when I've progressed through the game more.

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

Yeah, except I'm sure fighters/healers have higher classes which are unlocked by levelling the first class up to a certain point, so I'm going to do that.

Jam it back in, in the dark.

But the levels will still be stored levels like in the first game with transmigration, giving you blue points, right?

There's nowhere I can't reach.

I really should have bought the strategy guide. I have a ton of questions.

What's the secret to 4-3? I just arrived there. I have a level 25 Fighter, and a level 18 Adell. I expected MAD CRAZY LEVELING but I don't suppose that happens until Cave of Ordeals. I also noticed that the enemies who level up in this map increase their stats, but their hp remains the same (unlike the first game)

Is there a way to pick them off and leave one remaining which won't attack you? That way you could make it level up even more and then rush in by throwing. Of course I don't really want to exploit this map with capturing, because I've heard it basically ruins the game.

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

Yeah, I just finished the game. The ending was piss weak. I'd really like to know about what Adell's parents remembered, or what Adell's REAL parents had to do with Zenon's curse. We didn't even get to see what Taro and Hanako looked like in their human forms.

It was pretty disappointing, really. I don't suppose the other endings give more information on them? If that's the "best" ending, well, I must say it was pretty shitty, especially in comparison to the first Disgaea which was so much better.

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