u/TwistedCollossus

I started the series recently with OT2 and loved it; started the game with Osvald as my protagonist, then quickly recruited Throne and Temenos (mainstays in my party). Initially hated Partitio the Merchant in combat (loved his story though), but as I got deeper into the game, I finally started understanding how to really use him, and he started becoming a favorite.

Only character class I never got a grasp of (feels completely useless whenever she was in my party) was the Dancer Agnea.

Reason for the backstory is that I have an option to go get either Ophelia the Cleric or Primrose the Dancer as my 4th party member to start the game (I started with Tressa, have Olberic and Cyrus to go with her so far).

Can somebody sell me on the Dancer class, or is it gonna be the last one I pick up?

Just picked up Octopath Traveler 2. Had a hard time deciding on who to start with between the Cleric, the beast girl, or Osvald. I went with Osvald (framed for murdering his family and is imprisoned in a snowy hellscape? How could I not?)

Immediate first impression was “Gahdamn this game is cinematic af”. Felt like I was engrossed in a movie or something tbh.

Then I get to my first random encounter and Emerald almost dies. First thoughts on the combat was “man these random encounters are tough!” (I have pretty much 0 turn-based JRPG experience)

Then I get to the warden battle. Holy crap, that was exhilarating, and I learned a lot about the combat system/mechanics from that battle. Learned how useful debuffs can be, how using BP to bonk the warden 2x with my staff can be worth it, accidentally figured out you can use all your BP at once.. I ended up using every healing grape and SP recovery item I had, but beat him without me or Emerald dieing. That was intense.

Really looking forward to the rest of the game. It’s a 10/10 so far.

Been wanting to try these for a while, and there’s a few different options. There’s Ranch Habanero, Hatch Green Chili, Carolina Reaper Ranch, Ghost Pepper Ranch, and 7-Pot Primo.

I’d prefer hotter vs less hot, but if any of you have tried them all, which one tastes the best? I want to get the 7-Pot just because I like making myself miserable sometimes, but just wanted to ask about the flavors first.

I really don’t like driving anything above an S1 class; it’s just not fun imo.

Most courses, it’s like “Brake, turn, throttle for 0.8 seconds, now doing 170, brake again” meanwhile the AI in these classes is somehow able to put full power down coming out of turns instantly without losing any grip whatsoever.

A class (or a well-tuned B class) is where the real fun is. It actually feels like I’m DRIVING.

I’m at the WC lvl atm where the wiki recommends I cut these for a couple levels, and apparently their only use is to burn them.

Idk why, but that just feels so odd to me. These have been in the game since 2008, and their only use is to burn the logs?

I’m surprised they’re not used in any sort of incense stick at least, considering how great Eucalyptus smells irl.

They have such a unique log color too. Idk, surely there’s something that can be done with them.