Entered my password, then created what I like to call Team Ownage.
Team Ownage consisted of...
Front Row:
Zero (Ronin)
Alpha (Landsknecht)
Back Row:
X (Survivalist)
Axl (Gunner)
Cinnamon (Medic)
I still have my original guild name, Darkfire. I just felt this team has been doing very well so far in the labryinth so I gave that party of 5 the nickname of "Team Ownage".
After equipping everyone with the best stuff I could buy, it was time to delve into the new labryinth and see just how badly I'd possibly get owned.
Time to start spoilers now.
Floor 1-3, start of floor 4
[spoiler]Got taken by a guard on 1F to another part of the level. Oh boy, this is going to be fun already
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Battles weren't too bad thankfully. Nothing I couldn't handle.
It wasn't long until I hit a meadow that asked me if I wanted to rest there.
My response: "Oh no, I know what happened when I tried to rest in a similar meadow in EO1. I'm leaving."
I thought that'd work.
Apparently, it said something about being too slow.
Me: "Uh oh."
Venomflies attacked.
Me: "This is NOT going to end well, that much I know."
Turns out I got lucky. The one time I saw a Venomfly go for Poison...it whiffed on the entire party. Thanks to that, I managed to kill them without a death and had plenty of TP on Cinnamon to patch up injured characters and still have some to spare.
After the completion of the first quest, it was time to explore, chat with townsfolk, and grind on 1F until lv5 so Cinnamon could have max Scavenge. Scavenge rocks in EOII.
FOE on 1F...ignored as I pretty much knew that having no poison inducing character would mean it's near impossible at the moment to kill it.
Mapped out 1F, went to 2F, searched the area. Dodged FOEs, had fun killing stuff. It wasn't too bad...until I met 3 Crawlers. Yeah, that was fun. Nobody got killed in that fight, but the Crawlers sure could hit hard.
After going back to town for healing, I made a team of item point farmers. Namely to utilize the "Take" item points on 1F. Scored some nifty items that unlocked some useful items in the shop.
Took Team Ownage down to 3F after finishing the mapping of 2F (At least the spots I could search). Met some pet, went to a strange thing on my map, got introduced to someone, then activated the Geo Pole and got out quickly via Warp Wire (I was running low on TP for everyone).
Rested, restocked, then attempted to kill the FOE on 1F, Grashtor. Good thing I saved just beforehand because I couldn't quite kill it before I got Game Over'd (1st one).
2nd attempt at it was after I had taken a quest related to said FOE. I wasn't really expecting it to go aggro and kinda got into a fight with it with my back turned to a wall. I got promptly owned for Game Over #2.
3rd time was the charm as I managed to do everything right and kill it, losing only two party members in the process.
Back to 3F after the usual. I get informed of a new and likely very strong FOE in the area. Damn, they don't stop do they? This took a bit more thought in regards to getting past it, but I did.
Enemies on 3F got a fair deal stronger, but I held until I had to go on one of those "Go back to town for a quest to pass this door" deals.
Good thing I saved before heading back because I fudged up in the room with trying to lure a Furylord out of a passage I needed to go down and essentially wasted my Lure Bell. Resetted, did it right, completed quest.
After that, I've just been finishing up stuff on 3F and lower, including an item run at the item point near the 3F Geo Pole (With a different team of item farmers).
Funny thing though...I got ambushed by some gigantic ass flower that was owning my item farmers left and right, but I escaped just in time.
This morning...I rested Team Ownage to better focus skill points into what I want. I also managed to kill 4 Furyhorns on 2F with the assistance of Force Skills. With full Force meters for everyone, I can kill 2 at least (Killing them one at a time though). Issen + All Out used for one alongside everyone else's attacks, then utilizing Riot Gun at the right time for 2nd Furyhorn.
I still managed to fudge it up on the 2nd Furyhorn and get Game Over'd though
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Other than that, I've gotten to the 4th floor. Haven't explored it though. Will do so today. Everyone in Team Ownage is at lv8.
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"I never cared about justice, and I don't recall ever calling myself a hero..." Zero, Mega Man Zero 4
