Prima's Tips for Character Development in Blue Dragon Published September 10, 2007 Prima provides ten top tips for developing your character in the role-playing game Blue Dragon™. 1. Learn MP Regenerate Quickly All of your starting characters get the Black Magic class for free, so it will cost them only eight easy ranks in that class to learn MP Regenerate. They can then switch back to other spellcasting classes, and power those spells with a nearly bottomless tank of MP. 2. Unlock the Generalist Class Early The Generalist class offers no stat boosts whatsoever, but earning ranks in it is the only way to increase the number of skill slots for your characters. Unlock it early, but don't have everyone use it at once, or your combat performance will take a big hit. 3. Aim for the Sweet Spot By charging a spell, you increase its power or area of effect (depending on the spell), but you also increase the amount of time it takes to cast. However, if you hit the red sweet spot on the charge bar, the casting time is significantly reduced, potentially giving you a superpowered spell without the wait. The timing can be tricky, particularly on Shadow- and Extract-series spells. They charge erratically, and the sweet spot appears in a different place every time.
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4. Don't be a Jack-of-all-Trades Dabble in multiple classes, but don't be a jack-of-all-trades. The game's best skills come at higher levels that you'll never reach if you're splitting your SP among nine classes. And the more you focus on a few favored classes, the higher the stat bonuses they'll provide. 5. Nothings are Something Too Don't be discouraged if your object searches turn up mostly "Nothing." In the long run, Nothings are worth much more than any something you're likely to find. Bring your accumulated Nothings to a man in Jibral Castle Town, and he'll give you many of the game's best accessories in return. 6. Bad Hygiene Can Be Fatal One of the hazards of searching objects is that you might stick your hand in something nasty. If even one of your party members has the Stink condition, sneaking up on foes to get Back Attacks will become much more difficult. So stock up on Deodorant (it's ridiculously cheap) and use a stick every time you catch a stink or eat a Garlic item. 7. Assassins Make the Best Hagglers Early in the game, level up a character to rank 11 of the Assassin Shadow Class so you can learn the Negotiate skills. Equip Negotiate whenever you hit the shops—you'll get a 50% discount on accessories and spellbooks, and when your shopping trip ends, you can immediately replace it with another skill that's more useful in combat.
In the heat of battle. 8. The Wall Spell is a Lifesaver Towards the end of disc 1, you'll encounter monsters that can kill a character in a single hit. But the Barrier-Magic Wall spell can provide protective walls for your entire party, giving each character the power to completely negate a single physical attack. That's enough to turn a tough fight into an easy win. 9. When in Doubt, Use Shadow Spells Our strategy guide lists every foe's elemental strengths and weaknesses, but if your copy isn't handy (you do own it, right?), you usually can't go wrong with casting Black Magic Shadow spells. They do heavy damage (more even than Flare) and typically only Undead creatures have resistance to the attack. 10. Use Total Guard Against Bosses Guardians learn Total Guard at level 30, which is quite late in the game. But it's worth the wait—a character who equips it will jump in front of every enemy attack, allowing you to focus all your protective and recovery spells on a single character. It combos great with Endure, Berserker, Absolute Counterattack, Resurrection, Wallus spells, etc. Article by Prima Games |
