froufoxJun 2, 2025

My highest achievement in Expedition 33 (yet)

https://lemmy.blahaj.zone/post/26871387

My highest achievement in Expedition 33 (yet) - Blåhaj Lemmy

I guess I love suffering and play games only because it’s not enough in real life (that’s why my favourite genres are souls-likes and fightings, but that’s another story). I’m currently playing Expedition 33, and this game marks some areas as “dangerous”, implying that the player is underleveled to defy local bosses and mobs. But hey, it sounds like a challenge! The moveset of the first boss I’ve met was very small—only 3 moves. But that was not the issue here: I dealt very little damage, whereas they simply one-shot me. After two days I finally made it: 37 minutes of patience, and 265 successful parries in my winning attempt. I’m very proud of myself :) It was not the longest time I’ve spent on a boss, but by far the longest attempt

Show thread🇰 🌀 🇱 🇦 🇳 🇦 🇰 🇮 Jun 2, 2025

I am wondering what level the party should be before really exploring the map because I was looking around everywhere I could go once I got Esquie but outside of the path to the next objective, everything encountered was so beefy I could do 20,000 damage with the first 3 attacks and still not see a dent in the health bar as they go on to one shot all 3 characters at once. Very FF-ish in that regard, to me, which makes me expect that there will be a good point at which I can stomp these barriers out, just not now unless I grind like a motherfucker for it or just take forever and never take a hit (which I do appreciate because old school FF you couldn’t just not get hit if you were good lol).

It tells me a dungeon is dangerous, but unless I am blind I haven’t noticed any indication of an enemy’s level.

Show threadSkunk

I did a few exploration and chromatic bosses during the story but not much.

I didn’t want to be overpowered for the story boss as you can’t enjoy the battle and music when you almost ont shot things. You can even miss lore with some bosses.

So exploring is done now, with Esquie flying and the story done. I can build the cheesiest team I want now without having regrets.

Jun 2, 2025 at 5:45amWeb
Show threadDon_alFornoJun 2, 2025

Yeah, I always explore everything I can reach first, although if I encounter a boss that I can’t even scratch I won’t stick around for a 37 minute fight ;) so I have some things to return to.

I’m level 40 now and the story bosses are just not scary anymore. But so far I still enjoy being a bit overpowered at times so it’s fine.

Show threadBjörnJun 2, 2025
Don’t fret. I think concentrating on the story quests first is the best way to keep the difficulty most engaging. You can keep playing after the end. The side content you can access after getting access to all areas is the hardest in the game. But if you do that first you can easily one shot anything, including the final boss.