Forces and One Person mode

[rentarou]

Hello,

I'm wondering if the quests like Towards The Future and Maximum Attack could be added to one-person mode. The reason for this is mainly due to the insanely high magic defence monsters get in team mode.

While other classes get stronger as they level, a attack-tech force only seems to get weaker as they increase in level and reach the higher difficulties.

Find people to play with, you might say then, but this is not a fix-all solution. When playing with other players are force pretty much becomes a walking buff/heal vending machine.

Add to that, the fact that you feel like a dead weight because you're not really helping out all that much. And probably will be the last person the rest of the team considders giving a rare item.

And to top it off, timezones and language barriers. This server does not have a huge community where you'll always find someone to play with. At the moment of writing there are 7 people online.

Most people online are probably spanish speaking. Although you might say that some of them speak some english, it's usualy hardly enough to make a decent conversation, or even decide on what to do.

For these reasons I would really like these quests to be implemented in one-person mode.

[Choko]

In Episode 1, there are only two enemies that are extremely difficult for a force. (purecasting, namely FOnewearl)

These are Gran Sorcerer and Vol Opt. Just avoid these two enemies, or even use a melee weapon for them, Excalibur or vivienne would work well enough; level 30 s/d/j/z should help so you have enough ATP to kill them too.

There are several alternatives to TTF.. Episode 4 Maximum Attack is quite easily soloed by a force; I know, I did it well over a dozen times on my FOnewearl. There is absolutely no reason to bring it to one person mode, it's easy enough as it is.

[rentarou]

I think I need some hints then. I'm level 70 right now, Fonewm so 30% Gi/Ra tech damage boost. I'm getting my ass handed to me quite litteraly. Vivienne is not an option. Nor do I have any gear to make melee worthwile.

I'm hardly doing reasonable damage even on Hard. Not to mention Very hard. Takes me 5 to 7 Ra-tech casts to finish off a group of monsters. More on very hard I think. It might be different if your force is a alt char with pimped out mag/gear/tech.

But for a starting force this is hell. I don't get the feeling I'm making any progress at all. Every time I level some and go up a difficulty it feels like I just get weaker and weaker with not a single benefit in sight.

I don't see any reason we shouldn't have these quests in one-person mode. As it says the mode is intended for one person. More so than a normal game with a password and a single player.

I've even tried playing with other people today. Horribly failed, probably due to the language barrier. I remember back on schthack ages ago, I had a lvl 160 Fonewearl, Even then I would prefer to play one-person mode Max-Attack ep 4,

just because of the high magic-defence of the monsters in normal mode, meaning I'd become nothing more than a shifta,deband /jellen,zalure vending machine. Ok I was doing some damage with my techs, but the hunters in my team with decent gear were outdamaging me with ease.

It might feel do-able to you, but still, without adepts and a v801, and with low level techs, this is hell.

[Choko]

Honestly, I had more trouble soloing with my HUcaseal than I did with my FOnewearl at lower levels, and she was much better equipped. (below ult) Not once had I ever wanted normal quests in one person mode while I was playing.. I found these quests doable soloing anyway, some pretty easy actually. Not only this, but the most difficult quests shouldn't be soloed by a level 90-110 character; otherwise you may as well stop trying to progress right there.

The fact that if you want to do better in the quests you should get help from at least one other character, preferably one that balances well with the type of class you are, adds a whole new dimension to the game. The game was designed so that relying on others was the best way to go until you were able to excel on your own.

It sounds like you need to work on getting better techs/equipment. I'm not sure what your mag is like, but feeding is greatly beneficial. It will allow you to learn better techs, and it will help quite a bit with your damage output. Also, enemy resists on episode 4 are quite laughable, even on ultimate. After about vhard, if you want to solo, you should likely stick there, just remember, d/j are vital to staying alive if you can't kill them fast enough.

Sorry if some of this info isn't quite accurate, I haven't played a FO legitimately for awhile.

[rentarou]

The thing is, getting better techs is impossible if your force is your main character. Techs show up in stores depending on your level mainly. So without leveling higher I won't be getting any better techs. I have enough MST right now to learn techs 10 levels above the level I have them at right now. I just can't get the tech discs themselves. Same with good gear, especially units and weapons. To get them I first need to be stronger to be able to farm the monsters that drop them...

Playing with another person is all well and dandy, but first you have to find someone to play with. With the already very small playerbase here, add to that most people being spanish/mexican, it's quite hard to get someone to play with.

[Choko]

I'm sure you could easily buy tech disks off someone for very cheap, or even get them donated to you; especially if they aren't level 28+.

You're trying to go at this alone while completely ignoring the community, of course you're going to have a harder time than others.

[rentarou]

I'm not completely ignoring the community, I've tried making contact with people. But up till now I've only encountered one person speaking english. Quite hard to make a conversation when the people around you only speak spanish.