Unlimited SaGa: My Impressions

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#19

That’s cos it wasn’t that great, DG. :stuck_out_tongue: It’s random. Some songs are good, more often than not they’re bad though. I even found out why upon reading the soundtrack review at RPGFan:

“The technical crafsmanship of the orchestral writing and lucidity of compositional thought is impeccable, but the disc lacks Hamauzu’s customary inventiveness and searching originality. Turns out a number of tracks on this disc were written several years ago and rescued from the bottom of the drawer, which creates the illusion of a minor regression of style, with many of Hamauzu’s characteristic phrases and progressions on display in incipient form.”

All I can say is: It’s obvious :stuck_out_tongue:

#20

Gah ! Hamauzu-san… How COULD you ?! :open_mouth: Wow… still… I’ll still appreaciate the OST anyways :stuck_out_tongue: Personally, I don’t see what’s so bad about it <.< >.>

#21

This just in! How to get Damascus Material, which is very good equipment.

Damascus is actually pretty easy to get…if you’re persistent. I’ve gotten alot of it, and I’m really kickin butt now. But, you need to have Mullock (is that the right name?), Iron or Ironstone, a beastial stone (Topaz, Opal, Ravenite, etc.) or something made of it, and a few woods (Cedar’s good)…and quite a bit of luck.

Mullock and Beastial stone = Mullock Lvl. 2 (always works)

Ironstone and Cedar (don’t know if any other wood works) = Steel (Sometimes…don’t know percentage)

Iron and wood = Steel (I don’t know if always works or not)

Steel and wood = Steel Lvl. 2 (10%…you know it’s Steel Lvl. 2 if the attack is 1 lower than regual steel weapon)

Steel Lvl. 2 and Mullock Lvl. 2 = Damascus

For the Lvl. 2s, it doesn’t actually say ‘Lvl 2’. It always works for the Mullock combination above, and for Steel, as I said, you’ll know if the attack is 1 lower. This works well w/daggers…I haven’t gotten it to work

#22

Mwahahaha, here’s how to get lots of tough-to-get materials.

steel Lv.2: rarely works
You’ll know it worked if: attack is 1 pt. less than the plain steel version of the weapon
Base material: steel, iron, ironstone
Additional material: copse, oak, cedar, ash

I prefer ironstone for making this: the usual result is iron, so when you get a “steel knife” or whatnot you always know it’s Steel Lv2 without checking the attack power.

mullock Lv2:
Base material: mullock
Additional Material: topaz, opal, ravenite, lazuli, or carnelian, mullock

But don’t use two mullocks. Bestials stones are far easier to come by, especially later in the game.

steel: usually works
Base material: iron
Additional material: copse, oak, cedar, ash

iron: usually works
Base material: ironstone
Additional material: copse, oak, cedar ash

In case the shops don’t sell this anymore:
mullock: rarely works
Base material: quartz, silver, obsidian
Additional material: copse

#23

First of all, are the Damascus weapons like Quells from SaGa Frontier 2 with the infinite durability? If not, then does their attack power make up for it because I’m kinda tired of having my weapons break. Constantly.

Also, Ajora would know- are there any other weapons than Henri’s blade that have infinite durability?

#24

Damascus generate pretty high powered weapons as far as I’ve heard, in like the 70’s range (I haven’t tried to make any yet, I’m content with my Silver Weapons atm).

Also, what you could do is mix to get the weapon you like, and keep forging it together with crappy materials. That keeps it as the same weapon but with way more durability. There are cons to this, though…

  1. Sometimes you’ll change/lose abilities, but you’ll have much more uses, and you can draw them out later. To try and avoid those problems, blacksmith em’ together with alike weapons.

  2. It takes a long ass time sometimes. When I have to ‘refuel’ we’ll call it, it takes me anywhere from 10-20 minutes to prepare all my weapons. Luckily you don’t have to do it for 3 dungeons or so.

#25

I know of no other weapons that last forever besides his special ones. Heck I haven’t even played Laura’s quest. But thanks to quick fix level 3 on my panel grid on Sapphire, I’ve been able to use my weapons just fine through several dungeons.

St.Ajora

#26

Ah, nice. I’ve got Quick Fix Level 1, and it’s thus far shown it’s use in destroying my weapons, not fixing them.

#27

For some stupid reason with quick fix level 3, I have a much better chance of fixing the weapon if I rapidly press X. Ie hitting the green spot. Maybe it’s because at level 3 there are enough green panels, I can force myself to it much easier by a quick rapid button push. At least eaiser than letting the thing spin.

St.Ajora

#28

Yeah, quick fix level 2 and 3 are really cheap because the reel always starts in the same place, and there are like 5 green lights right at the start. :stuck_out_tongue:

#29

And Quick Fix level 1 sucks because there’s hardly any greens and starts off on a red =P

#30

Ok, for someone like me who liked both SaGa Frontiers, would this game be a good buy?

#31

Eh, it really depends. It’s not overly similar to those two games- if you do like SaGa games, I guess you’d probably like it though. It’s hard to say due to how weird USaGa is.

#32

/me is just gonna take advantage of the 7-day return policy at gamestop

#33

Well I enjoy both SaGa Frontiers and I enjoy U.SaGa. But then again SaGa is my favorite series. So go figure with that.

St.Ajora

#34

Is it just me, or is the Abandoned Castle sidequest nearly impossible? I’ve been getting hit with monsters that I can’t come CLOSE to killing (gee, I’ve done 2000 Hp of damage, and it’s still walking), and the turn limit is way too low. I rushed through it losing most of my LP in the process, and I still couldn’t get to the boss in time. I don’t know when I get a 4th person, and I don’t want to postpone this quest since they seem to disappear if you wait too long.

#35

If a quest is that full of monsters it is probably better to wait off. In any case I just sort of guessed my way through most quests. I don’t think I’ve done that quest though.

My current situation is I’m in the middle of Judy’s quest. And just when I think I’m done with the tablet learning, I get more of them. I have about six people in my party currently of course.

St.Ajora

#36

I’m in the 4th part of Judy’s trip with Henri and just got Michelle who has abysmal LP. 6 LP? Buh, whenever I get more people, she’ll be replaced. After getting to the boss of the Abandoned Castle and dying (yay, Laura had 1 LP left), I’ve given up on it completely.

#37

Don’t you mean Laura’s trip with Henri? In any case I’m at the final battle for Judy’s quest. Or at least I can go there. Just need to decide who I want to level up, of course.

St.Ajora

#38

Er yeah, Laura not Judy, heh.