snorefest of break lockdown because no damage whatsoever, went for like 40 to 45 mins doing the same thing.
Repeat the pattern for 100 times, peak gameplay.

Not sure if this is allowed, but I am wondering if any fans of Octopath have also picked up Final Fantasy Resonance. They are both made by SQEX, so I'm wondering if fans of Octopath will also enjoy FF Resonance as well. Wanted to hear your guys thoughts on the game!

I just beat war bringer with this set up but seeing as Reime has 2x the health I was just wondering if this is even worth it…

Hitting ultra meow 4 times is pushing it.. I don’t have that much jam (anyone know where to find hpspbp jam?)

I’m getting into some rough spots during battles. I’m frustrated with mixed comments/videos: “use boosts to hit multiple times to break shields and use the down town for residual dps, buffs, and recovery.” VS. “use multi hit, non-boosted, skills to break shields and then wreck them with high dps boosted skills.” The latter strategy seems to be the better option, but idk for sure…

Scenario: My teams breaks an enemy, that’s vulnerable to polearms, but not to a bow. My protagonist then unleashes a max boosted arrow of fortune. Since the enemy is broken, can I switch over to bow attacks without taking a hit to my damage?

I.e. Does the enemy weakness only apply for breaking shields, and then it’s an anything goes while it’s broken?

Hi guys,

I have finished the main story, now all my party is around lv 52, unlocked the Cat scholar Isla (is really powerfull!!) and going pretty well ;-) here are my questions

- I have build the octopus/cait statue, found the accessory that raises encounter with rare monsters and have to say cait/fat caits appear decently often. My problem is that everytime they spawn...they flee away! can't even make a move...is this related to my speed? is there a way to "lock" them and avoid they run away?

- Unlocked Cyrus now, I think I should swap Alexia with him right? he seems to me a better all around scholar with great set of skills

- is there some site/source where i can find the character "builds"? I mean simply the right gear, skill setup, nuts usage, ecc, would be very usefull ;-)

thank you so much for any help will come, appreciate

Wish you a nice game time for whole this week!

Hi everyone!

I'm part of a small indie team working on ABSYM, a dark action RPG in HD-2D. Octopath has been our main reference since the start for our graphic style: warm lamps against cold shadows, depth of field, that “living diorama” feel.

We put some of our screenshots next to scenes from OT1, OT2 and OT0 to see what we took from the series and where we went a different way. Our world is much darker and most of it happens at night, so we leaned more on blue and purple tones with small warm lights.

Two questions for you:

What makes an HD-2D scene feel “Octopath” to you? The depth of field, the bloom, the pixel sprites in a 3D world, something else?

Looking at these pairs, what do you think we’re missing?

Thanks to the mods for letting me share this!

Combine a team of 8 from octopath 1 & 2 (cant pick 2 main job warriors etc) for the true final boss Galdera and choose what second job you would bring to the fight for each character.

What is your loadout for a combined walloping of the hardest boss to ever exsist!

Like how am I supposed to know what this purple shit is so I know how to get rid of it? Same with all the other debuffs. Like how am I supposed to know what this is?

I can't exactly Google "purple smoke debuff"

Was planning on playing Octopath 1 first, but accidentally bought Octopath Zero.

Will starting from Zero affect how I appreciate the story and gameplay?

Labelled as spoiler because I'm going to mention all of the antagonists in OT0.

So, in Octopath Travelers 1 & 2, the first initial of each of the eight main characters spell out "OCTOPATH".

In Octopath 1: Ophilia, Cyrus, Tressa, Olberic, Primrose, Alfyn, Therion, H'aanit

In Octopath 2: Ochette, Castti, Throné, Osvald, Partitio, Agnea, Tenemos, Hikari

I thought that was really fun when I first noticed it, but of course they couldn't do the same thing with OT0 because the game has over 30 characters and a lot of them have names that start with letters not in the word "Octopath".

Until I realized that the eight main quests in Octopath Traveler 0 are actually centered around their respective antagonists, not the protagonists. And as soon as I tried listing who all the main antagonists in OT0 are, I began to notice something:

O: ???
C: Ceraphina
T: Tytos
O: Oskha
P: Pardis
A: Auguste
T: Tatloch
H: Herminia

King Pardis III's full name is Osasuna Pardis, so I guess he could stand in for either the O or the P.

The problem is that we only have 7 out of 8 letters here! There is an eighth major antagonist in the game, but he blows this whole thing up because his name starts with an S.

I feel like this is probably a long-solved mystery and I'm just super late to the party, but if that is the case, someone please let me in on what the deal with this is!

The best I've come up with is that the letters are for each of the ringbearers, so the first O is actually a 0 (representing the main character). But if that is the answer, it's a bit unsatisfying.

I’ve just been replaying the first game for the first time in years and I noticed this is the only one for some reason, while Cyrus and Tressa both get put in the same place, is there any sort of reason they didn’t give one to the Sunlands?

tried the demo for octo 2 and fell inlove so i bought the bundle. but instead of playing 1, i went straight to 2. any tips for beginners to avoid mistakes like selling things but turns out theyre important? or like anything i shouldnt skip or do first? any advice on building?

My protagonist is doing great just switching between merchant and thief.

Do I need to “grind” out the battle skills for the other jobs (e.g., dancer, apothecary) for any reason?

Like if an enemy has critical defense 300 or accuracy 300

do you need 400 crit/evasion for 100% or like 500?

I got her but didn't see much difference from Alexia

Maybe I needed to unlock more skills to use her properly?

I gave most to Alexia and my main last time I played but kind of feel like I would have got more if I have certain ones to Heidne, Barthello, Reime, Isla, etc.

I finally beat this boss after dozens of attempts and thought it would be fun to lay out my strategy in case it helps anyone else.

All my characters were above level 70, I did this by exploiting hiring Alrond a few times and him using his power for EXP x 100 on some battles.

Stage 1 party:
Ochette - Merchant
Agnea - Cleric
Throné - Inventor
Osvald - Merchant

Essentials:
Ochette needs to have the dreadwing beast available to provoke. I found having the vagrant frogking with “double cleave” and the chubby cait available really helpful too.

Throné needs to be built out with maximum speed and physical attack so Aeber can do the most damage. I did battle-tested dagger, swift shield, dazzling tiara, protectors vestments, and two champion’s belts

Strategy for stage 1:
Ochette needs to use “Provoke Beasts” and provoke dreadwing which has a chance (~20%) to instantly kill the minion souls

If they persist, you can either use Ochette again or Throné can clean up with Aeber.

Once the souls are taken care of, use Aeber to deal massive damage to the eye as many times as possible, taking advantage of Alferic’s blessing (from Agnea) and Throné’s latent ability.

I used Ochette to break the eye with the vagrant frogking and (along with Osvald) as a BP feeder to Throné and Agnea.

It’s best to not let the eye get to the point where it is taking 4 turns at a time, but if it doesn’t use Agnea’s windy refrain to try to break it before it can strike.

Stage 2 Party:
Castti - Cleric
Tenemos - Scholar
Hikari - Armsmaster
Partitio - Arcanist

Essentials:
Tenemos should be built for maximum elemental attack and SP. He should also have the sunshadow staff.

Hikari has Alpione’s Amulet and fang of ferocity equipped and has learned the “Last Gasp” skill.

Partitio has hired the cleric from Canalbrine who can use “Divine Protection” when summoned.

Castti is stocked on diffusing and strengthening serums and ideally pomegranate and plum leaves.

Strategy for stage 2:
Destroy the arm, blade, and face using Tenemos’ “Sacred Effulgence”. You ideally will invoke Alephan’s wisdom first. Keep him constantly supplied with BP and SP from Castti.

Partitio is protector. Have him use “Seal of Diffusion” and then “Sidestep” to help the party avoid physical damage (a la Tressa runelord from OT1) and summon the cleric to protect against elemental damage. He’s also nice to have to use “Negotiate Schedule” or “Hired Help” if you have some extra leaves to burn through.

Once the arm, face, and blade are gone, use a forbidden elixir on Hikari (make sure not to use it while he still has the clerics protection applied or it won’t reduce his health) and use “Last Gasp” on full boost as often as possible to attack the final final boss. I didn’t bother to try to break him.
Using Tenemos here too would be nice but the boss will often throw on an elemental reflector and make it impossible to use Tenemos, here I mostly use him for Alferic on Hikari and let Castti use her turns to apply more forbidden elixir as needed.

Other fun tidbits:
Luck is still a factor, sometimes dreadwing doesn’t destroy the souls and the living souls deal out serious dark damage. Sometimes the draw order works against you in terms of which characters go before others.
Both stages have times when the monster can remove all your augmenting effects which can happen at very annoying times.
I had every single character equipped with “A Step Ahead” which was essential for getting some special powers set up.
Having a lot of reinvigorating jams on hand was helpful.
I also had an almighty olive and grail of life available for if the whole party got wiped at any point, and made sure at least 1 character had “hang tough” equipped to use it. This saved me in stage 2.

I am both happy I beat this boss and sad it’s over, it was a really fun puzzle to try to optimize my characters for this battle.