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Pretty much, Tunnels works so well because it's so different from the original, while still having familiar stuff.
Quarry was already good, so it's hard to mes up.
Desert is too similar to the...

The music is really good?

Took me a bit to parse what you were saying, but I agree. AQs are my favorite kind of quest, but the fact that they haven't been keeping up with the current content, and they cost capsules really...

Casting grants techs constantly.

For those who don't know, you can stun gwanada when it grabs someone.

The EX souls seem to have the same transfer rate as normal souls. I also heard you can use them to make the non ex versions at a 90% rate, but I don't know what you need for that if it's true.