



These are Princes and Princesses. They are, without doubt, the single best class in the entire game. They can heal you at absolutely no TP cost in the middle of a fight, at the end of a fight and while walking. That’s a lot of healing. And they can buff you with all sorts of useful stuff like increased attack and increased defence and immunity to status ailments. Yes, you read that right – immunity to status ailments. Holy cow. They can also equip the heaviest armours in the game and they use swords. Sword users are awesome – play any jRPG or watch any anime and you’d know this.



Point is, you need to get yourself a Prince (or Princess).







These are Hoplites. Hoplites are, without doubt, the single best class in the entire game. You know what they have? Survivability. These guys can take a mouthful of teeth to the face and get right back up and kick the thing that bit them right in the junk with a steel-toed boot. Only they don’t even need to do that, because they have spears to stab the shit right out of anything that looks at them funny. And they equip shields too, just to add that extra bit of ‘Fuck you, I’m immortal’ to the mix.



Point is, you need to get yourself a Hoplite.







These are Gladiators. Gladiators are, without doubt, the single best class in the entire game. While others have fancy shmancy skills like switching rows while attacking and recovering TP when your allies die and heck I don’t even know, you know what kind of skills Gladiators have? Hitting things. In the FACE. You need something killed? Gladiators will do it for you by bashing their skulls in, no questions asked. They equip maces, which is pretty much the manliest weapon ever, and also swords, because swords can cut things up really good.



Point is, you need to get yourself a Gladiator.







These are Buccaneers. Buccaneers are, without doubt, the single best class in the entire game. They can equip both Rapiers and Guns. Both. Rapiers. And. Guns. I mean, dude, that’s like illegal in seventeen states but these guys do not give a rat’s patootie because they’re too busy waiting for their teammates to hit the enemy first so they can charge in right behind them and smack the enemy themselves before it even knows what the heck is going on. They can fight from the front line and the back line and can fit into almost any party setup without even trying.



Point is, you need to get yourself a Buccaneer.







These are Ninjas. Ninjas are, without doubt, the single best class in the entire game. They have knives which are short range weapons and are fragile as dandelions, which doesn’t look good at first. But then you realize they have skills that allow them to attack from the back row without penalty and skills that send their evasion through the roof and skills that allow them to make copies of themselves to distract the enemy with while their pingponging off the walls to stab the enemy in the eye. Also they have a skill that reduces their TP cost to almost nothing, so they can keep on doing these other skills almost indefinitely.



Point is, you need to get yourself a Ninja.







These are monks. Monks are, without doubt, the single best class in the entire game. Other classes have to use weapons to fight effectively. How does the Monk roll? Bare hands, baby! They don’t need no weapon when they can walk right up and punch anything that wants to fight them right on the nose. This means you don’t need to waste lots of cash on trying to keep up with the latest weapon, and they can just keep on fighting. Also, they can heal you with their mystical body energy flow stuff that I don’t understand. So basically Monks can kill things and heal things. What more do you want from a class?



Point is, you need to get yourself a Monk.







These are Zodiacs. Zodiacs are, without doubt, the single best class in the entire game. While everyone else has to run right up to the enemy and smack them in the face, Zodiacs play it cool by hanging in the back and just chucking magic at the enemy. Fire, Ice and Lightning – you can’t go wrong with the basics, but if for whatever reason you just want more pizazz, the Zodiac can also summon meteors to drop onto the enemy’s heads too. Also they have a skill that lets everyone else not have to spend TP; how awesome is that?



Point is, you need to get yourself a Zodiac.







These are Wildlings. Wildlings are, without doubt, the single best class in the entire game. Why? They can summon beasts to beat the shit out of the enemies for them while they hang cosy at the back row. And that’s not even the best part. The best part is that these beasts can inflict all those same status ailments that they normally hit you with like Poison, Plague, Binds, and even Curse, so they’re even more screwed than normal.



Point is, you need to get yourself a Wildling.







These are Arbalists. Arbalists are, without doubt, the single best class in the entire game. Look at the size of those bows. Look at it. That’s how you know these guys aren’t fooling around. Another way is their awesome skill, which basically makes them stronger when they’re facing a powerful opponent. How does that even work – that probably breaks a few laws of physics, but these guys just don’t care – they just fire arrows… and mortars… and flash grenades into the enemy mobs until they stop moving.



Point is, you need to get yourself an Arbalist.







These are Farmers. Farmers are, without doubt, the single best class in the entire game. Now, I know what you’re thinking. You’re thinking that Farmers can’t be that good at combat. And what do you know, you’re right. But they have other stuff – like being able to return to the safety of town instantly. And the ability to gather crops. And the ability to boost the experience of the others. And the ability to prevent random encounters from happening.



Point is, you need to get yourself a Farmer.



*~*



Now you’re probably looking at this list of choices and wondering to yourself how you can possibly choose between all these excellent classes. Well, hold on to your hats, because we have two more unlockable classes coming your way!





This is a Shogun. Shoguns are, without doubt, the single best class in the entire game. Why? Look at the picture. She’s holding two swords. Yes. Two. That means she kills things twice as fast as anything else. It is simple mathematics. Also she’s wearing badass Japanese armour despite Japan not existing in this world which just makes it all the more badass.



Point is, you need to get yourself a Shogun.



*~*



There’s also another class called the Yggdroid. Yggdroids are, without doubt, the single worst class in the entire game. They suck so much that I’m not even going to bother providing artwork for them.



What's that? You wanna know why they suck so much? Okay, I'll tell you.



Their first 'main' build involves summoning Bots to do elemental damage. You summon three of these, and you get to use some super powerful energy cannon or whatevs. Problem is, each Bot takes up a summoning slot. Which means you either have a party of three (and no Wildlings or Ninjas either) or you can kiss your super Bot spam goodbye.



The other main build centres around the HP Cannon, which does damage based on the difference between current HP and max HP. And I know you guys are thinking about EO2's Revenge, but this is nothing like it.



First, the Yggdroid's TP pool is abysmal. 60 base TP maximum, can be boosted a bit with TP Up. 'But!', I hear you cry. But we can use Amritas to restore TP. Right. But that's only a third of the equation.



The second third is that the Yggdroid needs to be completely bound to use this skill. Yes, completely bound. We have skills that bind the Yggdroid's individual parts (and one that binds all three immediately), but it's still a waste of at least a turn, and the true suckage still has yet to be seen.



Third, and most damningly, to even get the HP Cannon skill requires 10 points in Overheat. What does Overheat do? Why, it boosts base attack by a massive percentage (read: does absolutely nothing for Hp Cannon) at the cost of draining 100+ HP every time it attacks.



And just for that extra little bit of D:, Atlus decided to give the 'female' versions actual faces and hairdos. One of them wears glasses, for crying out loud.



Consign them to the trash heap of history and let us be done with these lifeless, soulless abominations. This is a Shogun. Shoguns are, without doubt, the single best class in the entire game. Why? Look at the picture. She’s holding two swords. Yes.. That means she kills things twice as fast as anything else. It is simple mathematics. Also she’s wearing badass Japanese armour despite Japan not existing in this world which just makes it all the more badass.Point is, you need to get yourself a Shogun.*~*There’s also another class called the Yggdroid. Yggdroids are, without doubt, the single worst class in the entire game. They suck so much that I’m not even going to bother providing artwork for them.What's that? You wanna knowthey suck so much? Okay, I'll tell you.Their first 'main' build involves summoning Bots to do elemental damage. You summon three of these, and you get to use some super powerful energy cannon or whatevs. Problem is, each Bot takes up a summoning slot. Which means you either have a party of three (and no Wildlings or Ninjas either) or you can kiss your super Bot spam goodbye.The other main build centres around the HP Cannon, which does damage based on the difference between current HP and max HP. And I know you guys are thinking about EO2's Revenge, but this islike it.First, the Yggdroid's TP pool is. 60 base TP maximum, can be boosted a bit with TP Up. 'But!', I hear you cry. But we can use Amritas to restore TP. Right. But that's only a third of the equation.The second third is that the Yggdroid needs to be completely bound to use this skill. Yes, completely bound. We have skills that bind the Yggdroid's individual parts (and one that binds all three immediately), but it's still a waste of at least a turn, and the true suckage still has yet to be seen.Third, and most damningly, to even get the HP Cannon skill requires 10 points in Overheat. What does Overheat do? Why, it boosts base attack by a massive percentage (read: does absolutely nothing for Hp Cannon)And just for that extra little bit of D:, Atlus decided to give the 'female' versions actual faces and hairdos. One of them wears, for crying out loud.Consign them to the trash heap of history and let us be done with these lifeless, soulless abominations. These are. They are, without doubt, the single best class in the entire game. They can heal you at absolutely no TP cost in the middle of a fight, at the end of a fight and while walking. That’s aof healing. And they can buff you with all sorts of useful stuff like increased attack and increased defence and immunity to status ailments. Yes, you read that right –. Holy cow. They can also equip the heaviest armours in the game and they use swords. Sword users are awesome – play any jRPG or watch any anime and you’d know this.Point is, you need to get yourself a Prince (or Princess).These are Hoplites. Hoplites are, without doubt, the single best class in the entire game. You know what they have?. These guys can take a mouthful of teeth to the face and get right back up and kick the thing that bit them right in the junk with a steel-toed boot. Only they don’t even need to do that, because they haveto stab the shit right out of anything that looks at them funny. And they equip shields too, just to add that extra bit of ‘Fuck you, I’m immortal’ to the mix.Point is, you need to get yourself a Hoplite.These are Gladiators. Gladiators are, without doubt, the single best class in the entire game. While others have fancy shmancy skills like switching rows while attacking and recovering TP when your allies die and heck I don’t even know, you know what kind of skills Gladiators have?. In the FACE. You need something killed? Gladiators will do it for you by bashing their skulls in, no questions asked. They equip, which is pretty much the manliest weapon ever, and also swords, because swords can cut things up really good.Point is, you need to get yourself a Gladiator.These are Buccaneers. Buccaneers are, without doubt, the single best class in the entire game. They can equip both Rapiers and Guns. Both. Rapiers. And. Guns. I mean, dude, that’s like illegal in seventeen states but these guys do not give a rat’s patootie because they’re too busy waiting for their teammates to hit the enemy first so they can charge in right behind them and smack the enemy themselves before it even knows what the heck is going on. They can fight from the front line and the back line and can fit into almost any party setup without evenPoint is, you need to get yourself a Buccaneer.These are Ninjas. Ninjas are, without doubt, the single best class in the entire game. They have knives which are short range weapons and are fragile as dandelions, which doesn’t look good at. But then you realize they have skills that allow them to attack from the back row without penalty and skills that send their evasion through the roof and skills that allow them to make copies of themselves to distract the enemy with while their pingponging off the walls to stab the enemy in the eye. Also they have a skill that reduces their TP cost to almost nothing, so they can keep on doing these other skills almost indefinitely.Point is, you need to get yourself a Ninja.These are monks. Monks are, without doubt, the single best class in the entire game. Other classes have to use weapons to fight effectively. How does the Monk roll?, baby! They don’t need no weapon when they can walk right up and punch anything that wants to fight them right on the nose. This means you don’t need to waste lots of cash on trying to keep up with the latest weapon, and they can just keep on fighting. Also, they can heal you with their mystical body energy flow stuff that I don’t understand. So basically Monks can kill things and heal things. What more do you want from a class?Point is, you need to get yourself a Monk.These are Zodiacs. Zodiacs are, without doubt, the single best class in the entire game. While everyone else has to run right up to the enemy and smack them in the face, Zodiacs play it cool by hanging in the back and just chucking magic at the enemy. Fire, Ice and Lightning – you can’t go wrong with the basics, but if for whatever reason you just want more pizazz, the Zodiac can also summon meteors to drop onto the enemy’s heads too. Also they have a skill that lets everyonenot have to spend TP; how awesome is that?Point is, you need to get yourself a Zodiac.These are Wildlings. Wildlings are, without doubt, the single best class in the entire game. Why? They can summon beasts to beat the shit out of the enemies for them while they hang cosy at the back row. And that’s not even the best part. The best part is that these beasts can inflict all those same status ailments that they normally hitwith like Poison, Plague, Binds, and even Curse, so they’re even more screwed than normal.Point is, you need to get yourself a Wildling.These are Arbalists. Arbalists are, without doubt, the single best class in the entire game. Look at the size of those bows.at it. That’s how you know these guys aren’t fooling around. Another way is their awesome skill, which basically makes them stronger when they’re facing a powerful opponent. How does that even work – that probably breaks a few laws of physics, but these guys just don’t care – they just fire arrows… and mortars… and flash grenades into the enemy mobs until they stop moving.Point is, you need to get yourself an Arbalist.These are Farmers. Farmers are, without doubt, the single best class in the entire game. Now, I know what you’re thinking. You’re thinking that Farmers can’t be that good at combat. And what do you know, you’re right. But they have other stuff – like being able to return to the safety of town instantly. And the ability to gather crops. And the ability to boost the experience of the others. And the ability to prevent random encounters from happening.Point is, you need to get yourself a Farmer.*~*Now you’re probably looking at this list of choices and wondering to yourself how you can possibly choose between all these excellent classes. Well, hold on to your hats, because we have twounlockable classes coming your way!

ORANGE = RUN AWAY RUN AWAY

RED = RUN AWAY RUN AWAY

BLACK = SHIT IT’S A BOSS FIGHT START PRAYING

BLUE = HOLY CRAP IT CAME THROUGH THE WALL RUN AWAY RUN AWAY

PURPLE = HOLY CRAP WHERE DID IT COME FROM I CAN’T SEE IT ON THE MINIMAP RUN AWAY RUN AWAY

YELLOW = KILL IT KILL IT FOR MONEY AND EXP

Lunker wrote: I think getting almost instantly mauled by the deer on L2 of the first EO is what made me fall in love with the game, to be honest.

John Tucker on RPGFan wrote: But playing Etrian Odyssey III is the first time that I spent a fair amount of a game convinced that the game didn't care one way or the other about my success or failure. It wasn't going to get in my way, but it wasn't going to help me move forward, either, even by explaining its own gameplay mechanics to me. And after finishing my playthrough, I'm not sure that's a bad thing.

ystael wrote: It was even more awesome because it was a deer. Not a giant insect, not some kind of humanoid goblin, not a great cat with big predator teeth. We were massacred by a deer.



For weeks it seemed like everywhere on the internet you saw the conversation: "deer wtf?!" "lol rapealope lol"

GameCritics wrote: For those new to the series, expect a first-person dungeon crawl that features tons of grinding for experience, frequently going broke buying equipment that only increases a character's strength by two points, drawing a map by hand through floor after floor of twisting labyrinth, and being crushed by random encounters in the first round of battle.

Tycho Brahe wrote: Etrian Odyssey III only has one difficulty, and that difficulty is motherfucker.

Welcome to the Etrian Odyssey thread, where most of this thread will probably be taken up with discussion of the newest game in the series: Etrian Odyssey 3 , but of course if you have any enquiries or questions about the older games we’ll be more than happy to entertain them.So what’s this game, then?If you’ve never heard of the sublime greatness of Etrian Odyssey, then I suppose I shall have toyou on its wonders.Etrian Odyssey is a game where badasses like this:And this:get their shit absolutelyby things like this:And this:You are an explorer. A novice one, and there’s a huge labyrinth that no one has ever conquered before. Your job is to traverse the Labyrinth, bringing death to countless critters and monsters on the way, until everyone hails you as the greatest thing since swiss cheese and all that rot.Along that path, you are going to die. A lot.So this is like one of them Jay Arr Pee Jee things, is it?Well, it’s more of a dungeon crawler really. It’s like an RPG, except there’s very little story and you draw your own maps to get through the dungeons and-Wait, wait, what was that about drawing our own maps?Well, yes. It’s a Labyrinth. The layout is confusing as all get. You don’t want to get lost there and run out of supplies, do you? Use your stylus to draw floors and walls and to put icons to mark things of note you discover there. But be careful, you don’t want to mark your map wrongly and spend hours wondering why there don’t seem to be any exits to the place you found.That would be a very bad thing. A very bad thing indeed…Huh. So, who are my party members?Glad you asked. Since the focus in on Etrian Odyssey 3, let’s discuss the all-new classes specific to that game! Ready? Here we go.So these are my options?Well, not quite. You see, you canthings later, where you gain the skillset of an entirely different class. I can barely handle a single subject in school and these guys are all set to master! There’s lots of awesome combinations you can make, like a Ninja/Zodiac that can create a copy of itself to cast Meteor while the original casts Dark Ether to make the TP cost zero, Gladiator/Arbalists to boost the lousy accuracy of the Gladiator, Monk/Princes for crazy healing and support, Arbalist/Zodiacs to boost the power of Elemental Barrages, and so much more!Wow! With so many asskickers on my party, this shouldn’t be too difficult at a-What… what did I just watch?That, my friend, is a brief introduction to the F.O.E. It stands for “Formido Oppugnatura Exsequens” in English-speaking countries, ‘Field On Enemy’ in Japan, and ‘Fucking Overpowered Enemies’ in the universal language we all carry deep within our soul.FOEs roam the Labyrinth, visible as floating balls of orange like so:If you touch one of these, you enter a fight with an enemy that will wreck your face. No, I’m not kidding, and neither is the game when they tell you ‘Don’t mess with these guys’.FOEs, of course, come in a variety of colours, and I’ve compiled a little chart of the specifics of each type:So basically you just keep walking through the Labyrinth and fight things (and die?) I dunno, sounds like it could get repetitive.I’m sorry, what was that? I can’t hear you too well, you see, because I’M ON A BOATNew to Etrian Odyssey 3 is the ability to hop onto a boat and sail the wide open seas, limited only by your imagination… and your provisions, of course. Fight pirates, discover new trade routes, fish for rare sea creatures to sell off, deck out your boat in awesome modifications like cannons, [strike]find One Piece[/strike] and more! How awesome is that? So awesome, that’s how awesome it is.I dunno...What? Would I lie to you? Well, yes I would, but that’s really beside the point. If you won’t trust me, then trustguys.You see? How can you not love this game?*~*So in summary, buy and play this game.Or this monk here kicks you into next goddamn week. (She could use an easy opponent.)