by Kein_Mitleid » Sat Apr 24, '10, 5:52 am
Wow, this thread is really awesome. Just read your five pages. It's really good to know that there are other PSIV fans as hardcore as I am. Now, I haven't done a solo run with all of the characters, but let me mention a few things about the ones that I have done:
Alys - Pretty hard! As much as I love her, her character was poorly designed to be used at higher levels (anything higher than 28-30 really...). PLSM shield was a great addition to my inventory... it sucks that for a long time in the game after Juza, you don't get Slashers so her attack is very bad. Shift + Vortex doesn't really do that much damage.... though I have to say that overall, she has the absolute best late-game stats. Better than Chaz, way better than Rika or Hahn (even though he really improves towards the end), and surely better balanced than Rune or Wren.
Chaz - fairly easy and gets easier, minus the three witches. Ouchie.
Rika - the game went quite a bit faster than the others, but other than her offensive skills after Silver Tusk, she gets weaker.
Wren - so easy! Endless recovers and repair kits with huge reserves of HP.
Rune - very easy at the beginning, then it gets much harder until you get your hard-hitting Skills. Grinding takes forever... no one will blame you if you use the Game Genie code which gives you about 15 times more EXP (doesn't change anything in the solo challenge rules, except that you won't be spending nearly as much time grinding the same enemies for ages.)
Never tried anyone else... also, how would you keep Demi the whole game (how do you prevent her from leaving the party after Zio)? I can only think of doing everything up to Gy-Laguiah (though getting rid of Alys, not picking up Hahn by circumventing him before the basement), then going to Rykros via the Piata Academy, which will bring you back to Zelan, then Dezolis, and on you go...
Raja - never tried... but bro, GOOD LUCK! I will worship you until the end of my days if you pull this off with Raja! St-Fire is pretty much the only effective thing you got against bosses (though you have very few of them!)... and Ataraxia comes in very handy, but how can one grind with this guy?