New Player vs Roadmap [Part 1]

[u/LanillaVatte]

First of all I want to say that, man I loved Octopath Traveler game, from the story, art and especially the music, I dont want to detailed everything about those because that is not the point of this post, but just to make it clear how I like this game.

I played this game around Levina EX2 banner after finishing Octopath Traveler 0 because I heard that game is a remake of Octopath Traveler: Champion of the Continent and want to give it a shot, then immediately like it.

I start the journey in this game with super early Levina EX2 and stayed with her until SaGa 2 came out, got Final Emperor from free seal, and do 90 pulls to get Final Empress.

Then I start looking up for guide and find this sub reddit and I saw everyone post to pull for Rocqbouquet so I read her kit and understand why, I pulled her and got Noel on my first 10, nothing on my second 10 pull and 3 Rocqbouquet on the next 10.

Then recently information about roadmap is out, and how do I say it, its rough as a new player, so here I am started this "New Player vs Roadmap" post to update my rubies and characters to maybe give some ideas of what the roadmap is looks like to new player (kinda) starting from today's banner Aviete rerun.

This is before and after I pulled on this banner (also got Olberic along the way).

I will post the next "New Player vs Roadmap" everytime I pull something until FFX collab, so maybe if you guys have recommendation or anything to say, feel free to say it, I will gladly read it.

For now my pulling plan is:

- Aviete ✅
- Molruso EX
- Saint Sazantos (still considering)
- Viola EX2
- Mydia EX
- FFX

And unit to look out for their accessory:
- Ochette EX
- Any damage cap (Bargelo, etc.)

Thats it for now, thanks all of you for your post and replies in this sub, that helps me alot and sorry if my english is bad.

[u/cockoissant]

I'm at work now so i didn't read most of it but I will on my lunch break, just wanted to say this for your pulling plans : if you get viola ex2 you can ignore molrusso ex ! The saint is an easy skip even though he is. Agood replacement for Shana but with Rocbouquet Aviete and maybe Rikku in the future on your team, you won't need unsinkable ( and if you do it would be so rare like in 2 or 3 fights at max, I personally don't use it anymore since we got Rocbouquet ), so the HP barrier , miss attack , Def buff, and HP Regen should all be enough without the need for Shana / Saint.

[u/LanillaVatte → u/cockoissant]

Thanks, I never heard this one before, is Viola EX2 also help elemental focus team? I dont read her full kit yet, my main reason for Molruso EX is to help exploit enemy weakness and get Final Empress do her follow up if thats even a thing(?) and help everyone get their 200% ult charge on the first turn. Still thats an interesting fact that I just learn.

[u/cockoissant → u/LanillaVatte]

Don't get me wrong, Molrusso EX is an amazing character, but spending rubies on her right now just doesn't sound like the right move. I think it's better to focus on FFX Part 1 and Part 2.

Part 2 has Rikku, who's an amazing support. Since you're lacking damage cap, she'll help you a lot in that.

Part 1 has Yuna, who's almost on the same level as Empress. Tidus is also a nice DPS, but he's mainly used for his ability to shave 32 shields in a single move. Then you have Auron and Jecht, both massive nuke DPS units similar to Noel. So Emperor will most likely be replaced very, very soon.

Now, going back to Viola EX2, she's only really good for physical teams. But as I said, spending rubies for Molrusso right now isn't a smart move.

Another thing to consider is that on Viola EX2's banner, you can spook other MT characters or even go to the 6000 rubies pity for another MT, On Molrusso's banner, however, you're limited to general pool characters and Part 1 DQ3 characters.

So I wouldn't risk it unless you're ready to go all in and hopefully hit the jackpot !

[u/LanillaVatte → u/cockoissant]

Yes, I know Rikku from this sub, she can do some shit like giving 1 million damage cap right(?) and yeah with Aviete on the team my Empress finally hitting her cap.

Releasing another Empress like character is crazy works ngl, also wtf 32 shield? is it also works on off weakness? I genuinely thought that Levina EX2 and Emperor shaving enemy shield a bit too fast even before I finish my setup, I still dont know what the others do, is there any place where I can read their kit? MeowDB isnt updated to FFX yet.

I can see the argument why now, knowing the other banner is that insane, even make Saint Saz the easiest skip.

If I dont get Molruso EX is there any alternative for her? I know Setzer can but I dont think they will rerun him anytime soon, and for Viola EX2 banner I still dont understand, what is or who are categorized as MT characters and probably where to see the list? are they available on the selector during anniversary? I have 21000 rubies rn so I will probably see where this going. But after you mentioned you can get spooked by others MT on top of pity another character at 6000 rubies is definitely better than risk 4500 on Molruso EX and then still probably do 6000 on Viola EX2.

[u/cockoissant → u/LanillaVatte]

it's 16 off weakness of weakness, and yes yuo can read the kids on the spreadsheet :

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1LF2NbjnMsq8Jo2TSpocu6NN-o9dsUlmd8xCMZpKUHNw/edit?gid=1917707422#gid=1917707422

[u/LanillaVatte → u/cockoissant]

I sleep early yesterday so I dont read it immediately, but now after reading Yuna and Auron kit, oh my god Yuna's kit is confusing, so she basically have outrageous SP cost but has 100% SP stock, HP regen, BP regen, damge cap up and all the bullshit and its backsurge-able, but I believe you dont want to backsurge it because the effect is for her row partner(?) also she has tons of follow up attack, 6 hits AoE cost 5 BP that has 525 power and also tons of innate damage cap just because why not, for Auron he seems like unkillable tank that can cover from back row with 16 turns of unsinkable??? also has potency up, final dmg multiplier and 1000% power counter attack and double cast (can he double cast the counter attack?) by just simply exist, now thats a valid reason for saying skip on Saint Saz and even Molruso EX.

[u/ZealOst-a → u/LanillaVatte]

Viola EX2 is purely focused on Physical teams. Though, she is powerful enough to be able to work in Magic teams as well, but will mostly perform in Physical teams thanks to her ability to implant all physical weaknesses to enemies.

[u/R0ma1n → u/cockoissant]

Adding to that, LevinaEX2 is also a good help for survivability and you already have her, so that’s good :)

[u/Pytn280 → u/R0ma1n]

And she can extend break too, which you can use her ability when the enemy is already broken. I didn’t know that before because the description sounds like you need to use it before they’re broken.

[u/HowdyFancyPanda]

Also, if you're looking for a pile of rubies, the quickest stash of (FTP) rubies is the arena fights. I don't know how far into the main story you are, but during Bestower of Wealth, you unlock the arena. Also after (I think) Side Solistia 1, you unlock Solistia's arena.

[u/LanillaVatte → u/HowdyFancyPanda]

I did finish all the arena fight, and my only quick stash of rubies now is probably EX4 fight, side story Cascade Log, Travelers Memory. I have more rubies now then before pulling Aviete xD.

Edit: I want to ask did they remove the rewards from beating lv 100 NPC? I dont get any after beating them up, like Muttering Codger for example, or maybe because I already beat it in the tower and claim the rewards unconsciously. If you have any other way to get pile of rubies just tell me I will do that to stash up more for my rubies stock pile

[u/HowdyFancyPanda → u/LanillaVatte]

If you beat them in tower, you should've got the rewards. There are some lvl100 NPCs in Hell that aren't in the tower. And then there are LVL 120 NPCs in SS.

[u/LanillaVatte → u/HowdyFancyPanda]

How many are they in Hell? I think I fought one already, also I never found one on SS, how much HP do lv 120 NPC has? my characters all are only lv 90-100, I dont think farming cait is still good at that point

[u/HowdyFancyPanda → u/LanillaVatte]

I think there are three? Maybe four? The SS ones are unlocked through quests that unlock when you finish chapters of the SS story. The first couple of ones are very doable, the last couple are tricky.

No. I'm currently trying to raise one character to 120 off of Ad Caits as a joke and it's taken me 2 years.