How am I doing so far?

[Xeranath]

I am on my first playthrough and am curious on how Im doing in selecting my skills. Am I on the right track or am I going to be retireing my characters and reassigning points before too long? I have been going back with all characters to keep them at a fairly even level.

Just recently defeated the first boss and have about 1/3 of Floor 6 complete

Using a Spoil tag to shorten post
[spoiler]Caemlyn - Protector lvl 22
HP up-5
TP up-5
DEF up-5
Shields-5
F Guard-1
B Guard-1
Antifire-1
Cure II-1
I have 2 SP unused

Kalidor - Landsknect lvl 21
HP up-2
TP up-1
ATK up-4
DEF up-3
Axes-2
Swords-7
Cleaver-1
Tornado-1
I have 2 SP unused

Rayne - Medic lvl 19
HP up-3
TP up-2
Healer-7
Cure-3
Cure II-3
Cure III-1
Salve-1
Salve II-1

Xeranath- Alchemist lvl 19
TP up- 5
Volt up - 5
Volt - 3
Thunder - 3
Thor - 3
I have 2 SP unused

Lucea - Troubador lvl 16
HP up - 3
Songs - 5
Bravery - 3
Shelter - 1
Mercury - 1
I have 5 SP unused

Akari - Survivalist lvl 17
AGI up - 3
Bows - 5
Ambush - 3
Trickery - 3
Quicken - 3
Multihit - 2

Zeiron - Dark Hunter lvl 15
HP up - 5
TP up - 1
ATK up - 3
Whips - 3
Viper - 1
I have 4 SP unused

Denarial - Alchemist lvl 19
TP up - 5
Fire up - 6
Fire - 3
Flame - 3
Inferno - 3
I have 1 SP unused

5 Survivalist - all lvl 7
Chop - 5
Mine - 1
Take - 3
I am currently raising them up a few lvls for more points in mining[/spoiler]


Any suggestions or comments on how im doing so far?

I should have all the items and equipment avalible to me at this point. I grind a lot on each floor and i hit every Item point. Im having a hard time keeping my dark hunter alive. Any suggestions on keeping her alive would be most welcome.

Thanks in advance

[ZetaBladeX13]

I have a little bit of advice to save some SP:

* Protector:
- You don't really need Anti-[insert element here] until later in the game.
(Becomes a necessity in the post-game boss fights)


* Landsknecht:
- Tornado becomes obsolete once you get Allslash, So I just never put any SP into it.

- Blazer/Freezer/Shocker can be useful against enemies with high physical defense, but are otherwise useless until late in the game.

- 2-Hit Becomes VERY useful at higher levels, especially when trying to conserve TP and still deal a decent amount of damage.

[Xeranath]

Thanks ZetaBlade!! thats the kind of advice i was looking for. Ive read a skill guide and what effect everything has but was fearful of raising up skills that will be useless in the later floors and then having to retire or rest my characters.

Oh.... Lemme get this straight... How does the retire/rest things work? Retire takes you back to lvl 1 but gives bonus SP and rest takes you back 5 lvls and you can reassign your SP? do i have this right?

Any other tips are welcome.

[UltimaPi]

[ZetaBladeX13]

[Xeranath]

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Added SPOILER TAGS to make the post shorter

Well ive made a lot of progress since my first post. Thought i might post how im doing so far. Im almost completed B10F. I have it all mapped out up to the room with all the Armoths. Im doing a little grinding and preparing for this battle and the one soon to come with the boss.

[spoiler]Caemlyn - Protector lvl 38
HP up-5
TP up-3
DEF up-5
Shields-10 -MAX
Fortify-5
Defender-2
F Guard-3
B Guard-3
Antifire-1
Smite-2
Cure II-1

Kalidor - Landsknect lvl 37
HP up-2
TP up-2
ATK up-5
DEF up-3
Axes-5
Swords-7
2Hit-3
Cleaver-1
Tornado-1
Allslash-10 -MAX

Rayne - Medic lvl 32
HP up-3
TP up-2
Healer-10 -MAX
Cure-3
Cure II-3
Cure III-3
Salve-3
Salve II-3
Revive-1
Immunize-3

Xeranath- Alchemist lvl 32
TP up-7
Fire up-5
Ice up-1
Volt up-7
Fire-3
Ice-2
Volt- 3
Thunder - 3
Thor - 3

Lucea - Troubador lvl 31
HP up -5
TP up -5
Songs - 7
Bravery - 3
Shelter - 1
Mercury - 1
Relaxing- 10 -MAX

Akari - Survivalist lvl 29
AGI up - 3
Bows - 8
Ambush - 3
Trickery - 3
Quicken - 3
1st turn- 1
Multihit - 10 - MAX

Zeiron - Dark Hunter lvl 25 (Having a hard time enjoying this class)
HP up - 5
TP up - 1
ATK up - 5
Whips - 10
Viper - 2
Gag - 1
Shackles - 1
Cuffs - 1
Ecstacy - 1

Denarial - Alchemist lvl 25 (not been using)
TP up - 5
Fire up - 10
Fire - 4
Flame - 5
Inferno - 3

5 Survivalist - all lvl 18
Chop - 5
Mine - 5
Take - 5
I have 5 SP each I cant decide what to use on[/spoiler]

A little more grinding and i should be where i want to be at this point. I may have to rest a couple characters but i wont until much higher lvl, maybe even when i get them to 70.

Right now my main concerns are...

{P} = Defender/Smite
{L} = ATKup/2Hit... Is it worth maxing Cleaver for single enemys?
{M} = Immunize
{A} = Tier 2 Fire and Ice
{T} = ?? Healing maybe.. Is it worth it?
{S} = Apollon
{DH} = ?? Debating on resting at lvl 30 and going the Sword route.. Any Suggestions?

[UltimaPi]