Shining Force - Retro Playthrough - May 2015

[Disposed Hero]

Yeah, Torasu joins automatically, but it's very late in the game.  In order to get Domingo:

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You have to find the Domingo Egg in Manarina and then hatch it in Pao.

[Disposed Hero]

Tao and Domingo made the final cut for me.

Same here.

I love tao.

Did you get Tao's bikini outfit?  lol

[singlebanana]

I did, and the mini dress.

[MaterialHandlerMike]

Still chugging along. Probably have gotten 1/3 of the community Pt achievements. On Chapter 7. I believe I have 9 battles left.

[singlebanana]

Very nice Mike!

[Neo]

Tao and Domingo made the final cut for me.

Same here.

I love tao.

Did you get Tao's bikini outfit?  lol

No...lol...unfortunately.

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 I DID get the dimingo egg...didn't know what it was for. I've just been carrying it....now I know...cool man. I haven't been to pao yet....but ill definitely remember to look for how to hatch it when I get there.

[shaggy]

Domingo is a great toon, but you need to get him out early and keep him in. He has good magic and mobility, and he can actually tank physical damage pretty well.  I used him until endgame.

I used Khris for most of the game, but admittedly she was pretty useless.  As soon as I got Torasu (who gets recruited late in the game), I started using him.  I would agree with the comment about ditching the healers and just using Healing Seeds, except Torasu gets the very useful Aura spells, which can heal multiple units in one turn. 

I dumped Khris awhile ago.

[singlebanana]

Domingo is a great toon, but you need to get him out early and keep him in. He has good magic and mobility, and he can actually tank physical damage pretty well.  I used him until endgame.

I used Khris for most of the game, but admittedly she was pretty useless.  As soon as I got Torasu (who gets recruited late in the game), I started using him.  I would agree with the comment about ditching the healers and just using Healing Seeds, except Torasu gets the very useful Aura spells, which can heal multiple units in one turn. 

I dumped Khris awhile ago.

She's pretty much your one dedicated healer from the beginning. The problem is that it is very tough to level a healer; sure, you get points for healing, but not many. I really wished they would have leveled the experience for healing out a little bit and made it more like finishing an enemy, but they do a nice job of giving you a healer near the end of the game.

[shaggy]

Domingo is a great toon, but you need to get him out early and keep him in. He has good magic and mobility, and he can actually tank physical damage pretty well.  I used him until endgame.

I used Khris for most of the game, but admittedly she was pretty useless.  As soon as I got Torasu (who gets recruited late in the game), I started using him.  I would agree with the comment about ditching the healers and just using Healing Seeds, except Torasu gets the very useful Aura spells, which can heal multiple units in one turn.  

I dumped Khris awhile ago.

She's pretty much your one dedicated healer from the beginning. The problem is that it is very tough to level a healer; sure, you get points for healing, but not many. I really wished they would have leveled the experience for healing out a little bit and made it more like finishing an enemy, but they do a nice job of giving you a healer near the end of the game.

I've been sticking with Gong and Lowe as my healers but I think I'll dump Gong for Domingo.

[singlebanana]

Disposed and I are recording the Shining Force segment tonight. Are there any topics regarding this game or its features that you would like us to discuss?

[shaggy]

On Chapter 5 now.  Topics to discuss?  Unbalanced magic user Exp?

[singlebanana]

On Chapter 5 now.  Topics to discuss?  Unbalanced magic user Exp?

Duly noted.

[singlebanana]

Last checkpoint is up, though it's pretty obvious right?

Shaggy has checked in, and Disposed and I have finished the game already. Everyone else, please check in today and let us know how you are progressing. We are recording tonight and always like to give our participants a shout out.

[shaggy]

How about which group of characters found effective?  My group primaraily consisted of Main Character, Tao (loved the group based Magic), Mae, Ken, the knight that started with a V ( ), Lowe, Gong (until my last 2 battles, took your advice and used Domingo.  I'll use him going forward, truly awesome!), Kokiro, Zylo (the werewolf guy if I misspelled), Gort, Diane, and Luke.  The 2 bird people sucked.  I only used them for 2 battles and said enough of that.  I have a lot of power in my group.  I always forgot that I could use weapons so I constantly used up my healers HP and hoped I could finish the battle 

[singlebanana]

We did discuss the characters, especially noting which ones we thought were most helpful and endgame worthy. Our segment of the podcast almost hit the 2 hour mark! There was a lot to talk about with this game.