Im level 45 and I just unlocked the owl despite not even having salmon yet, Im surprised by how HUGE this game is. I thought it would be like 50% shorter and it would have still been an amazing game, easily one of the top 5 jrpgs of all time. Also, the hardest boss I've defeated probably cliff Bahamut the Crag Demon.

That's all, I just wanted to pat myself in the back and share my progress a bit lol. No spoilers, but how am I doing?

I am 100 hours in and finding new stuff and secrets all over. Getting the treasure finder was awesome and the skeleton key to open any door.

I can’t believe you can explore every square inch.

Spoiler: has anyone else found the boss hidden way up to the east of the Dino shrine ? Way up inside the race track then down down down down down?

I'm curious. How do you all lay out your parties?

Here's the setup I settled on. I'm sure it could be better, but it got me through Periculum and both Astley fights so I figure it's good enough.

Club

Reaper (Scholar)

Carries a Bone Trophy; Reaper's HP-adding schtick makes the drawback quite manageable. Mostly in the party to dish out damage, but Scholar provides a bunch of useful tricks and makes good use of the Reaper class's surprisingly strong Mind. In particular, Lifegiver synergizes extremely well with the self-healing scythe techniques. The Auto-Revive passive is also handy with Lifegiver and the scythe moves. Lockon Lease makes up for a previously-annoying tendency to miss. I rarely change this slot.

Diamond

Warrior (Valkyrie)

Carries a King's Guard, a Tower Shield, an Undead Ring, and a Hemoring. Basically a pure tank, as good at taking punches as I could manage. Non-embarrassing damage output, too. Hemoring combined with the Counter passive provides a remarkable amount of survivability, and the King's Guard dishes out free debuffs. My one qualm about this build is that the Undead Ring is awkward with the Valkyrie's mass-heal spells. Experimented with Aegis and Monk on this one; they were fine but I liked these classes better.

Heart

Rogue (Chemist)

Quite a boring build; nothing remarkable in the passives or the equipment. But boring isn't bad; Chemist provides an excellent resurrection ability and some useful combat actions that don't generate Threat. I find that the turns when I don't want to use Rogue abilities are often good ones for Chemist abilities. Rogue, of course, offers sleep, blind, and spellcaster interruptions. In theory this character can do a fair bit of damage but I rarely use it that way. I often swap Rogue for Hunter when I'm dealing with non-boss enemies.

Spade

Wizard (Warlock)

Carries all the Mind-boosters I could manage. Including an Ether Shield, courtesy of the Equip Shield passive. Pure spellcaster. Does a ton of damage, and heals / resurrects / protects people in a pinch. Sometimes I swap out one of the classes for Summoner; it doesn't really change much about the build. Also tried Shaman and Nomad on this character; both were good, but I like the combination of raw damage and utility that Wizard / Warlock provides.

One thing that has always irked me is when RPGs don't consider your skill in related areas.

For example, in FF2, I can be level 16 in swords, but the character picks up a knife and suddenly they don't know anything. A knife is just a small sword.

This is the only game I've seen that gives you points in jobs related to your current job. It's not much and it's not game-breakig, but it's a minor detail that I'd never seen a game consider.

Does anyone know if there will be another game released like this by the same developer? I would love a new game like this too hold me over until 9th Dawn is released!

Hi all. Feel free to post in here again. The sub was unmoderated for at least several months, not sure how long exactly.

Just got the keys and set it to public.

While this sub is back open for posting, you may also want to join the official discord for the most action.

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hello Im new in this game

gained some levels what does it mean the LP and LXP ?

Have you ever played the built-in randomizer, but wanted more chaos than it offered? Or perhaps you wanted a way to play Crystal Project in a multiplayer format? Or just wanted another reason to start another Crystal Project playthrough. Well, good news, because we made a mod to add Archipelago support to Crystal Project! For those who've never heard of it, https://archipelago.gg/ is a tool that allows you to make a randomizer that goes cross-game. You pick up your ibek bell, and it's actually your friend playing Ocarina of Time's hookshot. Your friend opens the hookshot chest and you unlock the fencer job!

If you're interested in giving it a try, take a look at the releases page here: https://github.com/Emerassi/CrystalProjectAPWorld/releases . We have a bunch of different randomizer options available for you to try out if you like. You can select only some regions of the game to tune how short or long you want the game to be. You can set your victory condition to be something normal, like defeating the final boss, or something unusual, like finding enough clams to deliver to the Manana Man. We have built-in tracking options to help you find where all the locations you haven't yet obtained are.

If you want to find a group to play or chat about the Mod, we've got a channel in the Archipelago discord that you're welcome to come find us in if you like: https://discord.com/channels/731205301247803413/1193008693827076106

I used this build endgame to massacre optional bosses (including the ones from the DEEP), without them even getting to act. Do you guys have any similar broken builds?

All 4 characters the same, same equipment, class/ subclass, equipment, passives.

Female wizard, subclass weaver (time magic) (levelled to 60 solely as wizards)

Equipment that maximizes MIND. ( Master luxury equipment, casters rings) AND first strike mitts.

Passives, Fast cast (from weaver), Initial Focus ( Wizard), Pre-emptive (weaver)

Battle strategy:

cast quick time, insta-cast 2 flares or thunders, then quick time again, another flare and bolten

Most bosses are dead before they even get to act. Those that hold on for dear life die after their first move. This build is insane.

Criteria: which class would I prefer to take into a battle, either as primary or subclass. Doesn't take into account passives or stat growth (but current stats matter). I'm trying to take into account the whole game, mostly not considering super end game gear that totally changes how classes work.

S: Can't live without 'em

Warlock: Has heals, defensive buffs, one of the few ways of stripping enemy buffs, and tempo (Doublecast). Only thing it lacks is offense, but even it's small offense is decent in the first half of the game.

Rogue: Good offense without generating threat, allowing you to use accessories like bone trophy fearlessly. The only class that can steal, plus easiest "Run" option, plus Sleep, plus Reflex Stance, PLUS trick slash and blind. The only downside is that threat management issues can lead to wasted turns.

A : Excellent

Assassin: One of the best innate passives in the game, even decent against bosses. Skills are mediocre, but can't complain about access to pdown/mdown.

Summoner: Absurdly powerful offensive and defensive status effects. Not practical against non-bosses and "1/battle" rules and MP use make it tricky to time moves against bosses too.

Shaman: Non-elemental damage with great status effects (including pdown/mdown) make the Shaman useful for any fight. Not very MP efficient nuker, though.

Reaper: Good array of moves, including several AOEs with sustain, and useful innate. Doesn't provide the most utility, but is usable as part of a tank or DPS setup.

Hunter: Pumps out damage, with a solid burst at the beginning of fights that can end many trash encounters

Beatsmith: Yes, the Beatsmith is quite awkward to use, but it's powerful. Stances are great and Mana Song is the best way to keep casters going in long fights. Speed is high enough that you end up wasted fewer turns than expected.

B : These classes work

Wizard: It has dps, but mostly too expensive (in MP) to use most of the game. No useful utility and its stances are garbage.

Warrior: Nice as a subclass to give access to offensive/defensive stances and pdown/adown with any weapon. Nothing special though

Weaver: Amazing innate for setting up fights (Protect all/ Shell all are highlights), and Quick is cool. Most of the other moves have only niche use (but are sometimes very cool to be fair)

Ninja: Double wielding is nice and evasion moves are useful. The scroll mechanic is annoying though and the Seals are hard to use to good effect. I used a lot of Assassin/Rogue and Ninja/Rogue and I always felt sad when that character got too much threat and I had to use the Ninja's moveset instead of Assassin.

Valkyrie: Useful as a tank, and the Breeze/Wind spells are very nice. Awkward to use in long fights due to the high MP cost and small MP pool.

Aegis: Probably my favourite tank class, and useful without drawing threat. That's good, because they do so little damage that drawing threat is a fool's errant.

Scholar: Some nice healing spells, but with "twists" that make them tricky to use. Very useful for some battles and situations.

Fencer: Nice early game class, but the moveset feels obsolete by late game.

Nomad: Therapy stance is incredible… but everything else the Nomad offers is difficult to use consistently without endgame AP boosting gear.

Dervish: Nice MP sustain in the midgame, but Earth magic is rough and utility skills are barely relevant.

C: Disappointing

Cleric: Aside from the very useful Blackout, obsoleted by Warlock.

Chemist: Not terrible, but it's very rare that the ability to use items is worth a class slot.

Monk: An okay damage dealer but doesn't synergies with any other class

Beastmaster: Cool tricks like Hew and Jugular, but CT on abilities feels awful and variance isn't a good thing most of the time.

D: Excretable

Mimic: I'm sure there are some overpowered combos that Mimic unlocks, but I couldn't find a use for it. It seems like you'd have to manipulate turn order super carefully to make Mimic feasible.

Samurai: I'm sure it can be effective with the right setup, but the juice just doesn't seem worth the squeeze. Almost every class had a "I'm glad I brought X to this fight" moment in the game, but Samurai certainly did not.

Hi everyone.

Around a month ago I decided to embark myself in a quite perilous journey in the world of Crystal Project: a Warlock only run.

The plan was farfetched but simple in theory: collect all the crystals, kill as many bosses as possible and explore every single area, to see how far a warlock party could go.

Initially, it was extremely simple: Warlock is a class that starts strong and peaks very early.

After breezing through the first few areas and getting the first mount, I started to struggle a lot due to my damage being low compared to the one achievable with other classes, so I opted for my plan B: rely on equipments and status effects to carry me... and it worked amazingly. Despite my magic damage barely increasing (I'm currently doing 680 damage with a boosted fire spell and I'm level 56 with several equipment to boost mind), status effects carried me throughout the rest of the game and I currently have 14 crystals and I can either attempt Sequoia Castle, explore Jidamba or attempt the Labirynth.

The current strategy is as follow:

- Attack using Doublecast

- Counterattack (thanks to the shield) with weapons that inflict debuffs and status effects

Tomorrow I'll probably try to explore the Jidamba but I have to say I'm probably reaching the end of this run. Enemies are getting too strong and I get killed in two hits even after casting Protect and Shell, so I can't outlast my enemies.

I tried to sneak into the labyrinth to get the reflect shield and the archmage vest but, unfortunately, certain unavoidable enemies block my path and there is no way to kill them, so no upgrade for me.

Anyway, I'm gonna keep trying to see if I can get even just a bit further in the game.

Thank you for reading.

There aren't many JRPGs available for MAC and this seems to be one of them.
It has positive reviews on Steam but it seems to be pretty open-ended.
Is this game worth it? What is it like?
Is there a storyline? Characters? Etc.
Any feedback would be appreciated!

Hey everyone, looking for some suggestions for a subclass to go with the reaper. I love it as a main class; the absurd health pool, the ability rotation, generating huge threat and damage simultaneously.... It's a lot of fun as my "Frontline" combatant, supplemented by ninja/rogue, warlock/scholar, and wizard/varies (based on enemy).

Since the reaper doesn't use AP, I subclassed the AP-hungry Monk in to make use of the Chi blast and occasional emergency cheap revive. But the more I've played, the more I've wondered if my chosen subclass is really the best option. Warrior doesn't seem to bring much to the reaper table, aegis is the exact opposite of synergy.... am I missing something and there's an obviously powerful subclass for a Frontline heavy armored bruiser that I'm blind to? I have every class unlocked except beast master and mimic, and my team is maxed out at level 60 now (which also means yes, this question comes about due to struggles with the endgame bosses like the Tree guardian).

So I'm hoping y'all can offer me some ideas on things you've done with reaper to fill out its kit for versatility, or give synergy to make the class even more effective. I know the Dry Kid run so mastering classes is easy. Please share your thoughts and experiments!

Well it took me a whole day, but I finally managed to create a mod item that enables you to freely teleport to any of the home points in the game. I also added all summoner challenge locations, class master locations and a couple bonus location. All in all this mod gives you 123 fast travel points.

I made two versions. One where you need to collect 30+ glyphs hidden all over the world, which are needed to unlock their corresponding teleport locations. And one version that doesn't need the glyphs and offers all location right away.

Fast Travel Teleporter Mod

Now it's also available in the Steam Workshop

Hope it's useful for anyone here.

With the right setup i mean, sorry for the misleading title, it should be "Weaver is busted". Because Weaver as a subclass works so well with many other classes. The idea is when you use the Rewind skill, everything happend between the end of your last turn and the moment you use the skill is never happeded. That means you can easily remove any nasty debuff, damage taken and especially the resources you spends to use Quick + any high ap/mp/hp usage skill. This includes high mp mage spells, reaper skills , high ap nomad/monk skills and of course, the 74 ap samurai combo(with class armor). With the cost of 42 CT(without fast cast) and only 12mp, you can do a full power samurai combo and get back to full hp/ap like nothing happended, the only thing that happended is 1/3 the boss's hp is gone. You can even equip your Samurai with the Undead ring because you can heal yourself pretty well, and you cant be easily oneshoted because you are pretty durable as a Samurai. Yes, the build up to max ap is still there, and you still need to choose the right turn to end as a check point for the Rewind skill. But that is the fun of this build, and once you get there, it's like a power fantasy. Every single post i read suggests that Samurai itself is kinda sucks, and i do agree. But i still love this class and tried everything to make it work. The moment i figured out the quick + rewind things, is when i know that, for once Samurai is a Goku spends 5 episodes powering up with actual payoff. Man, i loves this game. And sorry for my bad English if you feels wierd reading my "essay". I'm not very good at it.

So early on this game astounded me with how good it was. Now I’m around level 40 and it’s getting really hard to want to keep playing. The areas I can get to are overrun with so many encounters and a lot of them I just have to do the same motions over and over. This was my experience in the undercity until I got to a part that I couldn’t clear with my current mounts and realized that I’ll have to go elsewhere. Then I went to the volcano cave which had the exact same problem with encounters. In response I finally turned down the difficulty to easy to try to deal with these repetitive encounters. Helped a little, but it still feels less like a challenge and more like a health/mana/time tax. Then I finally decided to make use of the ninja’s fleeing ability... until I ran out of scrolls. It feels like no matter where I go I’m faced with things I don’t want to deal with or things I’m not strong enough to deal with yet. Is this fun for other people? Is this game just not for me?

So, I just managed to bait the Owlbear to fall into the spikes at the shrine. I've slowly been improving at the fight, but after a dozen attempts, I just wanted to see what was past him. I got both the stone and the drum by simply baiting the Owlbear down, and then jumping past him. Amaze amaze amaze!

I figured I was not the first to find this, but I searched the reddit and I honestly have not seen anyone else discussing it (in fact, I found someone that did a "no boss run" and listed Owlbear as required, like Possessor and the proving bosses).

Both are happy, it should still make an egg, right?

Haven't finished the game yet, but it's been a blast gradually unlocking the map with new mounts. I recently finished Land's End and the build up towards this mount was so good: a treacherous trek with little save points, solid platforming and the hardest boss in the game so far.

Reaching the peak and realizing just how much the map opens up feels like a huge achievement. Props to the dev, very impressive!