A Question/Poll for my fellow Fortetechers

[petruseden]

DEAR FELLOW FORTETECHERS
(bolded to make it clear who I am talking to.)

Its very simple actually.. Im very curious now that I know that there are exactly 36 TECHNICs in the game, how many of us are going to get all 36; Forgoing any of the bullets we may recieve for our fan/bows/cards? And how many of you are going to ignore a few spells to get these bullets? ... Feel free to mention (if you are ignoring any spells) which ones you would skip and the bullets you would pick up instead.

And not to exclude anyone else who may have any opinions on the matter, feel free to express them. Lets just keep it civil as this may be a touchy subject ... However "innocent" my intentions are.

[Tahldon]

I shall have all technics..

I've already thrown my bow to the wind.

[JAFO22000]

I probably will not get all of the technics. I will keep room for some bow/card bullets.

As far as what I am NOT getting/overwriting(probable):

Megistar (I think this is the one that acts as a Megistride?): It casts all 4 buffs at once and takes away some of your health for a short period, however it only works on the caster. Good for WT's and GT's, but not for FT's.

Giresta: Unless it proves to be awesome, I probably am not getting this.

Zonde: I leveled it up to 21 and it still hasn't impressed me. Razonde/Gizonde works just fine for the few Earth creatures there are in this game.

Barta: I'm not sure about this one, but with Dambarta so powerful, I never seem to find the time to use this one.

Damdiga: Do I REALLY need this many Dam- techs? Damfoie, Dambarta and Dammegid are working great. Do I need another? I always seem to use Diga, Radiga or Gidiga when confronted with Lightning based enemies.

That's about it for now. I'll have to see how some of the new techs work to justify a spot in my rotation.

[Akaimizu]

I wouldn't use a Megistar for a Guntecher, they're hurting for health as it is. Thier all-around defense is bad as it is, for both Physical and technique attacks. Maybe if they are maxed, then it would be a better idea.

Nozudiga should be a fun tech to use, for the aspiring Fortetechers/Fortechers. The idea of sending a strong Photon ground Serpent to smash into your enemies, is about the closest thing to a summoning a sentient entity they get, as a whole. You also can hardly miss with them as they literally will seek the targetted enemy out and slam into them. I believe it hits all but airborne enemies, including submerged ones. It hits once, but it hits hard.




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[JAFO22000]

Well, you don't have to get it, but it would make more sense for a WT or GT to get megistar as all of the effects of it would benefit you. Would work well for soloing. And it would only take up one spot on your wand as opposed to 4 if you want all of the buffs seperately. Could save some space...

As a FT, I usually only cast Deband and Retier on myself when soloing. Unless I bring my PM.

[CyarVictor]

As with my force, i'm pretty much not getting most of the ice and electric technics because I have no real use for em nor am I really into dark since there are few enemies it actually works with. I will be getting most RA- and Dam- Spells. Secondly I think of my party first with buffs and heals. I am raising dark/ice shots for my bow and eventually light/dark for my fan. I may add some, but I'm not going to get every element, only those I find useful. I am mainly a Fire and Earth force.

[curlack45]

Um, This has nothing to do with you'r question what-so-ever. But i was just wondering, Is the PC version of PSU easy to play? as i'm thinkn ig of going online (hopefully) i will need to get the pc version, as ps2 are rubish for online (apparently). But yeah, i was just wondering how hard it was to control yourself on pc version.

[Akaimizu]

On 2007-01-29 11:05, JAFO22000 wrote:
Well, you don't have to get it, but it would make more sense for a WT or GT to get megistar as all of the effects of it would benefit you. Would work well for soloing. And it would only take up one spot on your wand as opposed to 4 if you want all of the buffs seperately. Could save some space...

As a FT, I usually only cast Deband and Retier on myself when soloing. Unless I bring my PM.


When I solo as a Guntecher, I tend to use Shifta and Deband a lot, not as keen for a full boost when it makes me very vulnerable. The accurracy starts really kicking in by class level 5, on its own. I can see a WarTecher having the better benefit, though. Guntechers are almost ForteTechers when it comes to health issues, and that dying thing. Direct damage hurts them badly, and techniques also rip them to shreds. In overall defense stat, the ForteTechers gain the advantage, due to the MST being a huge grade over the small DF advantage of the GT. Their only real defense is the player being a good dodger and manuvering to keep the monsters off them. Solo-wise, we live off of whatever HP we can get.

[JAFO22000]

Understood. I did not know that.

I officially redact my first post and edit it to proclaim that Megistar should be beneficial to WT's only!

lol!

[Rashiid]

i just need about 4 cards, all the rest are gonna techs

im not gettin Giresta, droppin Zonde, and 2 other debuffs


every thing else imma get

[Sexy_Raine]

I'm keeping my Ensei(Fire arrow), and will eventually get dark arrow. I'm dropping my lighting arrow, eventually. I will lv all offense techs, and debuffs. I won't be using deband and giresta.



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[Garnet_Moon]

As soon as we get Nosu spells i'm dropping my Bow. Until then, I just use the Ice Bolt. Everything else will be techs.

[Rashiid]

i hav no room for Bows anymore....

Cards can hit anything w/ proper strifing + aiming, so no need for em.....

[Tra]

34/36 TECHNICS
1/36 Spear Ultimate PA
1/36 undecided

[Garnet_Moon]

On 2007-01-29 12:05, Tra wrote:
34/36 TECHNICS
1/36 Spear Ultimate PA
1/36 undecided


Oh yeah! I forgot about the boxes that only melee can break! I also forgot about the Surfing PA! I think I found my melee weapon to use with my goggles. <3

[Almalexia]

IMO, to hell with Barta, Foie and Zonde. Keep Gi/Ra and Dam versions.



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[Laranas]

I make my characters with the PAs to be decent at 3 classes, so I'm skimping on technics... but seriously guys, play Story mode and try them out for yourself. Giresta may not be as powerful as the other damu's, but it sure helped me clear a room out in the HIVE. Nosudiga's iffy since it sort of launches the monster on the first hit, making the other 2 you gain from leveling miss more often than not..

I could go on, but going into Extra mode, grind them up quickly and see if they're to your liking.

[JAFO22000]

Giresta helped you clear out a room in the Hive????????????

[Laranas]

On 2007-01-29 12:46, JAFO22000 wrote:
Giresta helped you clear out a room in the Hive????????????

Granted I was overleveled for the mission a bit, but I held the button down faithfully and the light damage did its work. But by the numbers it doesn't hit nearly as hard as say Damubarta on a fire monster.

[JAFO22000]

Oh. I thought Giresta just revived fallen teammates and gave them a regen. effect. Am I mistaken??



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[Xtian913]

Seeing as how I bought the Debuffs on day one and have used them all about... 4 times, I will probably end up overwriting them later on.

[Laranas]

On 2007-01-29 12:49, JAFO22000 wrote:
Oh. I thought Giresta just revived fallen teammates and gave them a regen. effect. Am I mistaken??
You're right, i'm wrong. I'm talking about Regrants... never even seen Giresta cause I never died. Just use a Moon X, srsly.

[JAFO22000]

Ah. I thought I was mistaken since I did not obtain this spell in my limited offline play.

Regrants will be a definite purchase for me!



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[ElfKitty]

I'll get all 36... but that's not saying I'll actually use them all, haha. ^_^

[Nayla]

As a Newman girl, I've found I really don't have the power or accuracy to use bullets effectively, so I'm gonna just get al the Techs.

[Jey]

Y'all who are ignoring your debuffs and bows make me sad. Well, ok, Zoldeel is kinda whatever but Zalure and Jellen... oi, they're invaluable. Just buy an inventory worth of 1/2* wands and debuff the hell out of 6-pack of pannons or something.

Bows are awesome for long-range and knocking down those stupid wyvern-type mobs. I'd like to see you hit De Ragan while flying with cards, unless you just run around biding time. Grind up an Alteric a few times. They're nice.

Cards are nice for strafing and not needing to aim (Gaozoran hate)

Personally I'm probably going to get Megistar for when I get pissed after some CAST or Beast uses their limit break right after I rebuff, but I see a few spells in the list that I probably won't get. Like Megiverse <_<

Barta and Zonde I spent too long getting to 21+... it would break my heart to delete them.

I'm keeping my fire/ice/dark arrows and fire/dark cards though.

[JAFO22000]

On 2007-01-29 14:04, Jey wrote:
I'd like to see you hit De Ragan while flying with cards, unless you just run around biding time.


Actually, I hit him with Diga. Just run to the spot where you know he's going to stop and hover, then aim for his legs. If you get there fast enough, you'll be able to hit him three times.

[Rashiid]

ur right, it doesnt save S ranks

[Astarin]

I'm skipping a few TECHNICs. Right now, it looks like I'll pass on:

Zonde - It's just "blah".

Megistar - Party boosting > self boosting

Megiverse - Didn't like it. Seemingly weak damage and poor HP restoration. I'm fine with Resta.

Nos-anything - I know they're strong, but in my Extra mode experience, I just didn't care for them.

Gibarta - Dambarta does it's job fine, at least so far.

Damdiga - Have enough earth element attacks.

Dizas, Rentis - Might skip these. Offline, their usefulness seemed so-so. They have to be cast and recast so frequently...

And probably a few others too, like certain Dam-s or Gi-s. In exchange, I'd like a couple Bow and (if I like them) a handful of Card/Throwing Blade Bullets.



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[pokefiend]

I'm keeping my lightning bow (a wonderful weapon BTW) and my megi cards (another great weapon) and focus the rest of my technics on the ra's, dam's, Gi's, Buff's and other such. I probably will neglect to buy both megid and damdiga.