SCOURGE'S PROFILE

Glad you're back and working on this game still! I remember enjoying it when it first came up on the site. I'll have to check out the newest version when I'm done working on my own stuff.

author=bicfarmer
My party is cleric/red/skirmisher and I picked this party with legionwood in mind. I knew how powerful dual wield was in legionwood so there was no way I wouldnt take it. And the drawbacks in that game are in here too, the dual wielder is basically made of paper weight. Sounds balanced. Not really into fancy spells anyway I just mash Z all day and watch this guy dish out 300 dmg per hit. Unfortunately it's blatantly clear that this is a crutch strategy that starts getting unreliable and luck-dependent by the final dungeon where he can no longer oneshot enemies. Got a couple of game overs when I got lazy and tried to run but failed. Speaking of which, the sudden difficulty spike in the final dungeon was crazy, made worse by the poison water thats all over the place.

On the other hand, the cleric was slower than Shuckle, he always goes last, which you know is a terrible trait for a healer. Nothing in life comes easy I suppose, but red was almost a superior version of the cleric, wish I knew this earlier. Luckily the cleric has group heal, which is essential for any party. Red has osmose, though it is very unreliable. Makes sense I guess, other wise we would get even more OP going on in here. Well played, dev.

Anyway plot is on the silly side. I think its a parody of a final fantasy plot, but imagine the ridiculousness when i go in front of a bandit camp and couldnt get in because i need a member card. I thought we were here to fight them but nope, they are fairly peaceful bandits and I have to get a card peacefully to get into the camp. Thanks for the walkthru by the way, might have given up there. (I think you should have the king mention that you should interview the bandit in hte dungeon or something)

Dungeons are fairly simple but lengthy, a few dead ends with chests and sometimes a lever. Thats about it.

I admit that my run was probably on the lucky side. Aside from the escape failure game overs, I didn't have much trouble until the final dongeon. In fact the dual wielder with his low HP didnt get killed that often (about as often as everyone else.) Even then I just go back to town if anyone dies. I think I never used any items. (Well I tried using warp whistle, but it was set to be used by 'only user' which I know from experience is bugged out. Game didnt let me use it because the second party member was dead at the time.) I got lazy too and escaped from bad enemy formations (1 over mind and 3 misfits? no way dude)

Overall very nice game, similar to final fantasy in some ways and favors gameplay/strategy over story. Y'all should try it. So many party combinations.

Thank you for your thoughts on the game! I'm glad you enjoyed it despite some minor frustrations. The latest update, 0.16, makes where to go and what to do a little more clear. I agree that the final dungeon represents a pretty large difficulty spike, which is why the walkthrough explicitly mentions taking multiple trips to avoid getting frustrated. However, I think I need to insert a hint in game as well; reading the walkthrough shouldn't be a requirement.

My reasoning behind a slow, but durable, cleric is that a lot of games have speedy, but flimsy, ones who can heal everyone really fast but go down to a few unlucky attacks. It's always irked me when the healer, who's supposed to keep everyone alive, is the first one knocked out in battle. You're not the first person to note that the Cleric's speed is on the low side and it's something I'll look at increasing in the future. It might interest you to know that the Red Mage will never learn a group healing spell; only Clerics and Paladins do.

Dungeons are going to be fairly simple early on. Later chapters will introduce some more wrinkles.

The error with the warp whistle (which I noticed also affected the warp wing) is now fixed. Thank you for pointing that out!

Thank you both! I hope you enjoy the game when it's released.

author=UPRC
It's just that none of you guys (excepy maybe Adon) have reached that point yet.

I think I might be there at this point. Just started having to take battles seriously instead of spamming my most powerful attacks over and over.

author=Swish
Mohammad Passage - unlimited ethers OMG!

Shoot. I was hoping no one would mention that to UPRC...