Thank you for the suggestions! About the grinding: All these games involve grind, it just depends how well disguised/entertaining it is. Not once for 6 whole stratum of EO3 did I feel like I was grinding, and I don't really have a problem with some final post-game boss grinding tagged on the end, I ...

I really enjoyed EO3 up until I burnt out grinding for the post-game. The exploration and mapping were really fun. I love roguelikes, and challenging games in general. My question is, is it worth picking up EO1 or 2 next, or will they just feel like a step backward? Are there any good alternative ND...

Thanks for the information, especially regarding useless forging!

I'm going to skip the spoilers though, I learned my lesson from spoiling the final post-game boss fight.

Spoiler: [spoiler]I ask because I suspect that getting consistent near 100% head arm and leg binds is the first step toward beating the final seafaring quest boss. I'm most definitely NOT asking for anyone to confirm/deny or spoil that, but I would like to put my efforts towards building the best bi...

I've not use bind skills much at all, so there are a few things I'm unclear on. Bind skills: Hanging, kage nui, arm breaker. Status/bind probability is affected only by luck, right? So to get the best chance of applying a bind, you can a) boost luck or have farmer as a main class b) double action to...

re: forging, I simply never got around to doing it before now. I quickly came to the same conclusion regarding ATK and elements though. After re-building my team for higher damage output, going back over all the bosses for the rare drops and grinding more than anyone should in one lifetime I beat al...

So I've mapped everything, done everything I can but still have the final boss and a couple of other bosses I can't beat (haven't really tried the final boss yet, after he wiped my party on turn 1 on the first try!). My party is only level 65 and below, while the cap is currently at 80. I haven't co...

I'd just barely joined this forum before setting off on my travels, so I haven't really been able to contribute much. If anyone here is interested in reading my account of our travels from the North to the South of Japan by motorbike, we're 2 months into the trip, in Hiroshima now and the write-up i...

So depending on your answer its probably going to be considered a spoiler. But Benkyo, why is a hoplite so essential to beating the post bosses? [spoiler]As eharper said, elemental resists. The first post-game boss I stumbled across does 800-1000(?) elemental damage to the full party every 5(?) tur...

I'd love to be able to figure out a way to beat the post-storyline dragons without a Hoplite, but I think I'll have to retire one of my level 40-something Listen to Experience guys and start grinding one up. Either that or build an entirely new team by retiring my main 5. I'll try and put it off unt...

My all singing, all dancing new line-up of level 40 retiree replacements: Front: Android/Warrior with maxed Blade Rave Android/Ballista with maxed Front Line Mortar Monk/Prince with maxed Party Heal/Refresh and Vitality Rear: Pirate/Ballista with a range of elemental skills, smoke bomb and limit boo...

A couple more suggestions, hope you don't mind: Warrior Wide Effect: Should say that it only works for single-target skills, not regular attacks. Ballista 'Rear Mortar Bombardment': I know you said you weren't interested in translation updates until the official ones come out, but 'Rear' instead of ...