Anime Monkey wrote:Macha was a boss in Quarantine, not Outbreak. :V
Oops...less difficult for Outbreak and more for Quarantine then. Meh ~3~' lol
Virus core hunting is fine. It's leveling up that's the problem. Every single enemy has physical or magical tolerance, and their non-tolerant defensive stat is through the roof so it's basically impossible to deal damage to them in any way, shape or form. On top of that, 90% of the enemies have some sort of status spell, 80% of the enemies have attacks twice as strong as any of the Phases' attacks, and 50% of the enemies have Rip Maen.
NOW do you understand why I think it's stupid hard?
And before you say Dek Vorv, I've tried it. It misses. All the time.
But that's fun!! And ENTIRELY EASIER than all the crap you have to do in Shin Megami Tensei to simply INFLICT DAMAGE to an enemy, let alone defeat it or at least survive D: I found those enemies more troublesome in Outbreak, but in Quarantine it was already obvious how to deal with them and not suffer as much.
-Don't use spells that would reduce their tolerance status and so remove it for some time (like Dek Vorv), instead use ITEMS. And yes, they will miss...like 2-3 times, so having everyone use it at once guarantees success, and they're VERY weak after that.
-And if not, don't exaggerate because it's not like their "un-tolerable" status is maxed out. Of course, if you just use Kite using friggin Vak Don you aren't going to do much damage, but, having Elk or Wiseman with a very strong summon, or at least a highest-level spell of the element the enemy's weak to. If what he has is Magical Tolerance, then now it's the time to use Kite and his multi-elemental skills. Don't expect the enemies to die in 1 hit though...but in like, 4 to 6, depending of how strong the skill is.
-By the time i reached Quarantine, Kite had maxed spirit and whatever else were those stats that granted protection against status. And my other main characters (Balmung, BlackRose and Elk) had very high stats, and status spells missed like 80% of the time. Nothing to worry about then.
-Don't exaggerate either by saying they have stronger attacks than the Phases. The Phases have highest-level spells, instant 9999 damage attacks, and status inflicting of 100% accuracy no matter your stats. The enemies...just move around and attack or spam spells that take like 40 hits to kill you. Just move away from monsters when they're about to attack, be smart on attacking, and also be smart by not fighting enemies at least 4 levels higher than you. This isn't GU where you have your Skill Trigger and Awakening to solve every problem no matter what it is.
-And for Rip Maen-ing monsters, use Data Drain, at least on one of them (considering you fight them in groups of 3). Sure, they'll keep on reviving their allies...but they'll revive the weak jumping worm thingy, and waste their SPs then. And sometimes they're so smart that if you kill the Data Drained, and then a non-Data Drained, they'll revive the Data Drained one, and will miss their chance of reviving the other.
-...And actually, you shouldn't worry about levelling up. Just go through the areas you have to visit in the storyline, defeat the enemies you're forced to fight there, and by doing that, considering all the backtracking you have to do and enemies you have to defeat lots of times, you'll be AT LEAST level 86 by the battle against Corbenik...enough to defeat him. And simply clear one extra area, and you'll be level 90, easy to defeat Corbenik.
Lern2.Hack D: