Insane Difficulty: My Monster Tactics Datalog: The Misadventures of Oersted - Insane Difficulty

I decide to leave him as Time Mage since Short Charge and 8 speed can dominate pretty much the entirety of CH2

Learned Skills:

Time Mage:

Short Charge: Halves CT charging of spells

Oracle:

Blind: Inflict Blind on target (AoE 1, Range 4)
Paralyze: Inflict Don't Act on target (AoE 1, Range 4)
Sleep: Inflict Sleep on target (AoE 1, Range 4)



...................Should I call the police or the PETA?



"I'm telling you this isn't the right way- huh?"




I would be surprised if I didn't know that he's an asshole thought and thought



"SHUT THE HELL UP YOU TWO!!!: I'm tired of follow everyone's wishes and neglect my own will. I'm saving that Morbol because I WANT TO, ALRIGHT!?!?!?"





Today's map it's quite dynamic: Gaffy dealing scary amounts of damage, Squids pilling up status effects, Priests being annoying as balls and Morbols are just a whole different level of dangerous with a AoE party wide nuke attack




First off: Oersted puts to sleep half of their team (That poor Morbol got petrified by a random proc from Delita's counter flood triggered by Gaffy's Night sword)



Thanks god I did plan ahead of time, because otherwise I would had to deal with three confusing song, two holy and maybe a bad breath on top of that




Let's waste their turn, shall we? (This will bite me in the ass later, so keep that in check)




Hasting the whole team and Airburn goes kamikaze before going down like a boss



>Delita use "If I were a boy - Beyonce"

> IT'S SUPER EFFECTIVE!!!



I.........I got nothing: She's just that DUMB




At least she can keep Delita "lubricated" if you know what I mean ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°) (Also, Agrias stop doing that: You're getting Copyright)



I just LOVE how Gaffy decides to unceremoniously wake up, snark at us and then get back to sleep. It's just a perfect example of how I see senile people on a battlefield




So.....I stop/petrify this dude, then Othelos throw Esuna to cure Airburn's poison and hits Ovelia by mistake, who had reflect previously set by Agrias, thus bouncing off the spell all the way back at the Morbol, healing his petrify/stop

And this is why you won't see me abusing reflect



Gaffy get destroyed by all the sins he carries (and a well put eclipse), but ends up escaping



And thus, it all depends on this little fella over here. YOU CAN DO IT!!!!








































(spoiler: He doesn't make it)



Rule 34 got



I'm kinda curious now that you ask




Ohhh Delita, you're such a charm!!!!

Overall, I like this: Status effects are quite dangerous now and being bombarded by all of them at once let's you realize how useful reflect has become (or how annoying reflect shenanigans can get further ahead). I suggest to bring someone with 8 speed so you can at least disable Gaffy since Moxie can turn anyone into a murder machine (let alone someone with geomancy)

On my way into the next battle, I caught this beauty. I won't change her name because LMAO (Yes, it's a she)



Oersted goes full anime this time:

Summoner:

Moogle: Heals Hp ( AoE: 2, Proc:Reraise, Damage undead)
Titan: Earth Elemental spell (AoE: 2, if target has float --> Heals Hp, Proc: Protect)

Time Mage:

Haste 2:Accelerate CT gaining by 50% (Range 3, AoE: 2)
Float: Adds Float on target (AoE: 1, Range 4)





#YOLOTactics




IDK why we get a choice here since this is a "But thou must" situation, but hey we get to stab some dudes/dudettes






This place it's AWFUL: Unlike Sand Cellar you got both a height and position disadvantage, thus be prepared to be bombarded by several spells before you even reach Mustadio



Not that he will survive long enough to do something................




I kinda mind-fucked the AI: Since most of my team it's weak to confusion, the dragons decided to throw confusion song, thus putting themselves right in front of this wall, where Dusk was waiting with a nice and warm mimic daravon, while Agrias baits someone else to avoid any meddling. I love being miles ahead the enemy for once



Boco's Geomancy and +2 range kinda owns (especially with these kind of procs)



This is how I beat this chapter:



Titan+ Sheer Power + Short Charge + 13 MA =



A lot of corpses


How cute, he thinks I will let him heal himself



Since you can already guess how it went, let's go back to the plot



"Not that I had a choice........"

"Did you say something?"

"NOTHING!!!"




"WOAH THERE!!! That was.............sudden"

"It's not like I don't trust you, but Titan it's right behind you and I can't stop him from break this joint unless you talk, so....................."






And then Agrias spoils the fun

Let me say this straight: DON'T TRY TO PUSH YOUR WAY INSIDE THE CITY!!!!!!!!!!

Just react to their behavior accordingly, kill them off fast with AoE spells (Like Titan here) and forget Mustadio: his fatass was destined to get nuked since the word go, so avoid rely on him

Today's team. I'm not including Oersted's setup since he's the same as last time



Why in hell are you laying our path towards the church? I got the feeling that almost all CH2's fights are because they are using the map backwards



On this battle, we have the one simple objective: Get rid of the world most dangerous race...................





Yeah....... feel their wrath!!!!





Since we got the time, why not?



This chemist here decides to try out Dance Dance Revolution, thus provoking several seizures and epilepsia on my folks






Trying to drop out a Moogle once it's cured from petrify it's quite the ordeal: They can resist almost any status effect, so magic it's the only way to get rid of them (Poison can also deal with them since they can't heal themselves thankfully)



Let's burn the witch!!!



Don't worry little creature, Agrias will release you from that pain very soon.........

Since I forgot to take more battle pics here's the resume: Hyper Beam was the MVP






Ovelia go to the swamp, you're drunk



"Can't someone hear people's talking about their deep secrets in peace?!?!?!"



Funny fact: Since my epsxe cannot reproduce all sounds, Ovelia it's the only one making any sound at all. LOL

Overall, I feel like Zaland 2 it's supposed to be the place where you learn about special conditions: Yeah the moogles are petrified but once the're cured from it, you cannot put themn back to extinction unless you nuke them out, so better avoid dealing with them at all (easy said than done)

Since the original friendly ghost wasn't available, I just brought a cousin of him





The arcana it's the mean which all will be revealed...........



"We won't accept your demands: A random morbol ask us to take him along!!!!"

"..............Are you hearing yourself, Agrias?"





THIS PLACE IT'S OUTRIGHT UNFORGIVING FOR FIRST TIMERS: You will need several scouts before find out the little secret behind this fight, so please tag along and try to take notes so you can avoid as much suffering as you can




This is by far the only heavy RNG-reliant action in this battle: Airburn can land his status effects twice, so I decided to bring him along to shut down one behemoth while Agrias makes sure to throw on him a Plume (Why Leg Aim? because if I landed petrify, the AI would prioritize healing the damn thing with Energy and I need at least one turn to set up without his meddling)





Both demons decided to pull their attention into killing Airburn, so Xypha takes a run for it an target two foes with Stop and roll (this is the only spell that any of them cannot resist without involving Oersted). Mustadio does his job perfectly and now I just need to deal with the trees and bezekira



Sadly, one Taiju decides to be a dick and remove reraise from Airburn, so Oersted waste some CP making sure that he survives Dark holy





Everything's going according to keikaku*

Spoiler

keikaku means plan

After some clean-up, Oersted begins my sinister plan of drug the blasted things with Temazepam



MUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDAMUDA!!!!!



OHHH CRAP, THAT BEHEMOTH GOT FREE OF STOP I'M SCRE-



............................................



Just................Just go back to sleep, buddy (To be fair, his friend was charging Stone Edge but still IDK why the AI expected that I wouldn't go and kill him before that happens)




Even thought I took control of this joint, Taijus are well know as annoying as fuck, so they can make a full comeback if I let them (like here for example, that hellish Behemoth was charging a three-turns Hurricane, for the love of god!!!)




Poison doing the honors



It seems like someone has been taking classes with Delita about being edgy and stuff

Wow, this battle surely took a tool on me: Most of my resets were cause by those Taijus healing everyone by obscene amounts of HP, thus nullifying my meager attempts of a clean run. The secret behind this place? Bring people who can cast stop and sleep: killing it is not your priority here, you must shut down 3 or 4 units before you're even think about try it because again, Taijus are on the loose. Still, I don't mind that much since once I got pass that gruesome start, everything went smooth.

Meanwhile............




Nah dude, the only thing I got from the old man was some stinky pants



Well, fuck you too



"BTW, I was ambush by some tentacles on my mission, it has something to do with you?"



Foreshadowing........ (Not a good one, but the thought it was counts in the end)




Ramza decides to steal some booty this time




Since CH2 started, this is actually the only compelling reason why I should get my hands dirty (Mustadio doesn't count: We're pursued by Bart's company because no one could say no to a morbol that just joined three battles ago)





Geomancers are NASTY: They can completely obliterate you and the rest of the enemies won't make reach them easier



The damage here it's not my concerning: That petrify proc it's doubled by Serene Grace (which it's an innate of the class), so I'm facing a 60/40 chance of lose someone either by damage or the status when geomancy it's used.




Status it's the key: especially when you have someone with 100% chance of inflicting one of these







PLEASE, JUST DO SOMETHING!!!



And then I just miss a 75% stop. Thanks for the tip, Musti



Being hit by Titan it's this game answer to my previous LTC on Zaland 1






This battle it's exciting, I can tell






But in the end, everyone's here it's a victim of the RNG (I win thought)



Let's take note as Mustadio just disregard space-time continuity and teleports inside this joint to open the door

I like this one: 40% chance of shut one someone without killing it's quite horrible, so you should deal with everything outside their range and then go YOLO until they die. Just leave someone outside to heal the fallen ones and you're peachy

"Dad, I'm gonna out in search of a demon!!!"

"Sure son, have fun"




This setup it's brought to you by The legend of dragoons:

Learned skills:

Dragoon:

Seal Evil: Add Petrify (Range: Weapon)
Limited Wish: Revive target with 1-20 Hp (Range:2)

Thief:

Concentrate: Physical attacks have 100% accuracy

Monk:

PA Save: +1 PA each time you receive damage



Why Ivalice has a fucking radioactive swamp that can potentially poison you it's beyond me





Believe or not, this battle doesn't need any kind of heavy RNG manipulation to avoid shit like Ghostly Touch, just lots and lots of patience



Speaking of them: They're really won't lose any time into charging up Dark Holy to nuke out units. For some reason one of them decides to go melee



Not that I mad about it......




Since the only thing to worry about it's those flying nuisances, I better buff myself before the shitstorm comes to me



"Sorry, but my planet needs me......"




Petrifying moves are kind on the lower end when it comes to hit, but since my whole team sans Zelda can petrify at will, it's just a matter of time before getting what I want here




And this somehow manages to miss. Sometimes I wonder if I'm playing Thracia 776 all over again



*And here we have my newest exhibition of statues. I call it "When the RNG goes wrong"





Licking your way out won't happen here, buddy




For those who disregard the bow gun as "useless": here it's your proof of why it exist



And down he goes. My opinion? this place it's overrated as "fucking annoying" since you don't need to move your ass to achieve any result here, just look at this "master plan":

- Wait for Ghosts to approach the team (they will, don't worry)
-Petrify the fuckers
-Lure out the flans and morbols (Ovelia would be ideal for that)
-All-out-Attack
-Profit

Yeah, you can try and hit them till they die, but that's even more dangerous since you're probably leaving a ghost in critical, which cause 90% of the time their use of Ghostly touch to avoid death so just rely on statuses and be done with it