I've made a chunk of progress since my last post. Travelling about Eryth Sea involves a lot of teleporters, and running past some rather nasty monsters. This is the first time since the Mechon on the Bionis Leg that the wandering monsters have hindered my progress.
So, the plot, as much as I remember, and probably not in chronological order. We arrive and some High Entia escort Melia away and put us in rather swanky prison dining room. Melia is selected to be the new Empress but has to prove herself by navigating the High Entia Tomb. Evil Stepmother has plans to stop her.
The remainder of our party have to rescue a missing repairman. And we get attacked by a team of Bionite ninjas. They are from an order who want to revive the Bionis, says Alvis.
Shulk has a vision that Melia is in danger so we head to the Tomb too. The Tomb seems to be run by a computer who is happy with Melia's bloodline - that is, she's half Homs. Inside the Tomb we climb a lot of walls and have to defeat a second, more powerful Telethia who is assisted by Tyrea. Tyrea appears to be immune from Monado damage making the battle very tricky.
The Emperor won't let us go to Prison Island, but he knows something of similar significance to the Monado is there. The Mechon attack and he decides to go there himself. Shulk has a vision that the Emperor will be killed by a faced Mechon.
Meanwhile, Alvis appears to be in league with Evil Stepmother...
This was a trickier area and I died in battle more than once. The Telethia boss was strong and I had to focus on it before tackling Tyrea. I was hoping to get to Level 40 by the 30 hour mark but a large amount of cut-scene and chat put a stop to that.
There were sections where I was in charge of Melia alone, but they mostly involved running about. It did force me to try out her arts which are interesting in the way they provide buffs and debuffs until you use them to attack.
I still find the Shulk, Reyn, Sharla combo the most effective, or perhaps just easiest.
Level: 39
Duration: 30h 14m
Party: Shulk, Reyn, Sharla, Dunban, Riki
Mammoth update. Thank you.
ReplyDeleteSo, the visions seem to lead to the prison island, and nothing beyond that, so that must be a big scene. Good job you have visions so that you can prevent the Emperor from being killed by the mechon.
I was never a fan of Sharla - and Mrs Monado was never a fan of her costumes. She didn't seem to heal or to revive as often as I'd like. But, if she's being the medic for your party, there's no reason to continue.
Alvis seems to change sides as often as a tennis ball on centre court.
Thirty hours means you're one-third of the way through on my timescale.