2012-03-18, 04:22 PM
Dualizing random drops together to get stuff that sells for gald is an easy way to make money. Some of those can be dualized again to make more profit. There's some recipes and manuscripts that increase droprates for materials. You could also dualize some weapons and shards to sell for profit if you know the right combination.
Pascal isn't too fantastic in boss fights until she has her 3rd Wind/Water/Fire spells, or Celestial Eight/Fangirl Dream. If she randomly charges in to cast a 1st or 2nd level spell, she's likely to die at higher difficulties due to the range since the AI doesn't use Assault artes to lower cast time or anything. Her Assault artes on their own are okay, but I would rather use Malik for the range support in that case, since her physical attack isn't too high. Check her scarves and make sure she's wearing one that provides her skill that gives her super armor while casting. It's pretty important for her later on, and she gets a few from titles, but stacking it with the scarves, instead of taking C. ATK+ or whatnot is a better idea. Play Pascal 100+ times and that's probably the easiest way to get one. There's another from a main story title, and one more at level 80.
If you need to train another character, should probably swap out Pascal and throw in Malik or Hubert, so your team can manage to stay alive with the healers' support. Though in regular battles, you probably don't need two healers.
Malik is one of the very few ways to get Freeze and Petrify damage out there, and his highest tier for each element are super good. Blazing Hearts requires a sub-event to get though, and is easily missed. If you have him on B-only, he'd probably provide more to a battle than Pascal until she gets her 3rd tier of magic, unless the monsters aren't knocking her down/she has a lot of Shield. He obviously does more damage than Cheria's magic, unless the monsters are weak to her.
Some more tips:
You can change Titles mid-battle from the equip menu if you didn't already know, so for a boss battle, you can wear something that gives you their damage type on all attacks, or increase P.Atk/C.Atk, defense, Step range, etc. Right before you use a Mystic Arte, you can swap the title to one that gives more Mystic Arte damage too. Just remember to swap it back to something you want to level up.
Characteristic Skills:
These are skills that can be found on the equipment specifically for that character (e.g. Anklet for Sophie, Ribbon for Cheria), and there are 3 that come from Titles.
Asbel - Steadfast - chance to prevent stagger when he has his sword drawn I think
Sophie - Charge (?) - makes her hold X artes charge up faster
Hubert - Trick (?) - Decreases the time spent twirling his blades, and I think it shortens the time switching from Assault to Burst as well
Cheria - Share (?) - heals 10% HP to herself whenever she heals someone, even herself
Malik - Release (?) - Makes his Bladerang return faster
Pascal - Shield (?) - gives her a chance to prevent stagger when she's casting a spell
Pascal isn't too fantastic in boss fights until she has her 3rd Wind/Water/Fire spells, or Celestial Eight/Fangirl Dream. If she randomly charges in to cast a 1st or 2nd level spell, she's likely to die at higher difficulties due to the range since the AI doesn't use Assault artes to lower cast time or anything. Her Assault artes on their own are okay, but I would rather use Malik for the range support in that case, since her physical attack isn't too high. Check her scarves and make sure she's wearing one that provides her skill that gives her super armor while casting. It's pretty important for her later on, and she gets a few from titles, but stacking it with the scarves, instead of taking C. ATK+ or whatnot is a better idea. Play Pascal 100+ times and that's probably the easiest way to get one. There's another from a main story title, and one more at level 80.
If you need to train another character, should probably swap out Pascal and throw in Malik or Hubert, so your team can manage to stay alive with the healers' support. Though in regular battles, you probably don't need two healers.
Malik is one of the very few ways to get Freeze and Petrify damage out there, and his highest tier for each element are super good. Blazing Hearts requires a sub-event to get though, and is easily missed. If you have him on B-only, he'd probably provide more to a battle than Pascal until she gets her 3rd tier of magic, unless the monsters aren't knocking her down/she has a lot of Shield. He obviously does more damage than Cheria's magic, unless the monsters are weak to her.
Some more tips:
You can change Titles mid-battle from the equip menu if you didn't already know, so for a boss battle, you can wear something that gives you their damage type on all attacks, or increase P.Atk/C.Atk, defense, Step range, etc. Right before you use a Mystic Arte, you can swap the title to one that gives more Mystic Arte damage too. Just remember to swap it back to something you want to level up.
Characteristic Skills:
These are skills that can be found on the equipment specifically for that character (e.g. Anklet for Sophie, Ribbon for Cheria), and there are 3 that come from Titles.
Asbel - Steadfast - chance to prevent stagger when he has his sword drawn I think
Sophie - Charge (?) - makes her hold X artes charge up faster
Hubert - Trick (?) - Decreases the time spent twirling his blades, and I think it shortens the time switching from Assault to Burst as well
Cheria - Share (?) - heals 10% HP to herself whenever she heals someone, even herself
Malik - Release (?) - Makes his Bladerang return faster
Pascal - Shield (?) - gives her a chance to prevent stagger when she's casting a spell