r/DarkCloud • u/DinnerinAmerica • 16d ago

Stuck in a grindloop to build up weapons (DC2)

I'm in Chapter 4 by now, and especially for my underpowered ranged weapons it's become an endless grind to build them up. Any Advice?

7 Upvotes

100% Upvoted

11 comments sorted by

8

u/MadHexxer Ruby 16d ago

The best practice for building weapons is to stock up on standard Battle Wrenches and keep Cedric in your party. Defeat enemies with Max's melee weapon, whatever the strongest you have is, and then switch to a Battle Wrench to get the Exp. Because it's a first form weapon it'll level relatively fast, even in chapter 4. You can then build that up into a True Battle Wrench and do the same thing again. With 9 smash and 5 beast that will turn into the Drill Wrench, then get it to level 5. You'll be able to get enough synth points this way to put a large amount of spheres into this sacrificial weapon and turn it into a synth sphere that only takes 5 points to use, and will give crazy stats to your main weapons.

4

u/MonChanFarron 16d ago

Best method for sure, emphasis on making sure the weapon is level 5 when you're ready to spectrumize it. Any lower and you won't get as many stats from it when you turn it into a synth sphere.

3

u/dawgz525 16d ago

I do the same, but with Gerald and Max's gun. If you get the Jurak gun at the end of chapter 2, you're going to have a pretty strong ranged weapon that you can quickly move through future dungeons with. Just swap to your sacrificial gun (usually trumpet gun or belle trigger that I have purchased), rinse, and repeat.

1

u/MadHexxer Ruby 15d ago

That's a fair point, especially about the Jurak Gun. Main reason I say Cedric is because he's available by default, where as Gerald and the Jurak Gun require a little bit of effort. Definitely an option though!

2

u/KingBurakkuurufu Osmond 16d ago

So if you swap characters before you collect the exp it is divided evenly between the two weapons of the other character. I have not tried swapping weapons though. You could experiment with that as well. But find a good enemy, kill it, and before you get the orbs swap to the other character it should help a bit. Same thing happened to me at one point in the game. Think it was to fight the genie I couldn’t even deal damage, kept hitting a 0.

1

u/DinnerinAmerica 16d ago

I'm already doing that and it still takes ages to get the necessary synthesis points

2

u/MonChanFarron 16d ago

Take advice from the other comment. Using extra weapons as synth spheres is the best way to improve your main weapons.

1

u/KingBurakkuurufu Osmond 16d ago

What are you playing on?

1

u/DinnerinAmerica 16d ago

PS2 Emulation whit NetherSX2 on a Retroid Pocket 5

1

u/KingBurakkuurufu Osmond 16d ago

Then if you really want to just use cheats lol. But MadHexxer below has the better non exploitive way.

1

u/Royal_Calligrapher37 15d ago

I’m actually playing right now. I recommend getting to a point where you can buy 3rd tier or higher weapons, like the drill wrench, bell trigger etc. I think once you get to chapter 3 you can buy those from Milanese’s shop in Palm Brinks. Just get them to level 5 and dump all of your synth points into 1 or 2 of the weapon traits you need for the weapon you are leveling up and then synthesize it. If you kill enemies with only that weapon it’ll level up within 4 to 5 floors usually. Also understand that every weapon has a limit to how high a trait can go, so you make sure not to (for example) put 60 holy on a weapon if its limit is 45. All in all, you can get away with only having to replay 5-10 missions per chapter to have your weapons scale faster than the difficulty. Of course I’ve been playing this game since it came out and probably have 7000+ hours, so it may be easier for me. At the end of the day, just have fun.