Phantasy Star IV Gratitude Challenge Part II

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[This entry is adapted from the original GameFAQs posts written around the time the gameplay took place in December of 2015. It is actually being posted in March of 2023 around the origin of this blog. There may be minor edits.]

I played last night and made a lot of progress! The limitations are making play interesting but it hasn't really been an enormous barrier.

Here is a summary of my unlocked abilities and equipment so far:

Motavia

Equipment:

• Hunt-Knife (Elrick75)
• Crbn-Suit (Jeremy3eb)
• Struggl-Ax (ZomBULL)
• Crmcshield (trenzer1)
• Lasr-Sword (boonoob)

Techniques:

• Foi (boonoob)
• Wat (Elrick75)
• Ryuka (trenzer1)

Skills:

• Hewn (Jeremy3eb)
• War Cry (ZomBULL)

 

Dezolis

Equipment:

• PlsmDagger (Elrick75)
• Silvshield (boonoob)
• Silvr-Tusk (Jeremy3eb)

Techs:

• Githu (boonoob)

Skills:

• Rayblade (Elrick75)
• Burstroc (Jeremy3eb)

 

Third Planet

Equipment:

• Swift-Helm (Jeremy3eb)
• Genocyclaw (boonoob)
• MahlayMail (Elrick75)

Techs:

• Deban (boonoob)

Skills:

• Barrier (Jeremy3eb)
• Astral (Elrick75)

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Birthvally

The enemies here are Piata enemies, except for Flattrplnts, which Hahn and Chaz can take down in a turn with violence. So it was no big issue. With Crbn-Suits, I was only taking 1 damage from anything. Alys got the extra Crbn-Suit found here.

 

Journey to Tonoe + Valleymaze

Rune joined the team, and I made macros. I did some Rune grinding, which is interesting, because he was naked and only has access to Wat and Hewn. Knowing I was likely to encounter some problems in Bio-Plant and Zio's Fort, I ran through his TP worth of Wat during random battles (while Chaz and Hahn attacked with Hunt-Knifes). That's a lot of Wat! I bought two extra Crbn-Suits at Krup intended for Gryz and Rika, forgetting that they're in the next few towns as well. Ah well.
 

Alys and Chaz were both level 8 by Tonoe. Given that I was given Ryuka by trenzer, I just kept going until Chaz learned Ryuka at level 9. I'm a bit overlevelled but underequipped. I think it's probably fair.

 

Rune left the team and Gryz joined up. I set the party order to Alys, Gryz, Chaz, Hahn. I adjusted some macros since Rune left; all Gryz can do is defend and use items (with, of course, the team's lowest defense).

 

Basement

I was expecting problems here but, perhaps due to being mildly overlevelled, I don't think I failed to run from a single encounter. I fought the easy ones, with Hahn using Wat against Abe Frogs and such. I grabbed the Titn-Crown, which is one-of-a-kind, on the off chance that someone was going to unlock that for me and I'd regret not having it. I'm not sure how long I'll hold onto it, though.

Anyway, first try, no casualties. Gryz may have died right at the end but he barely counts.
 

 

I walked back to Zema and fought a small number of randoms.

 

Igglanova 2

Since it was barely able to damage me I just used a macro with Alys:Defend, Chaz:Attack, Hahn:Wat, Gryz:Defend. No problems here.

 

Bio-Plant

I was very nervous about this and considered stopping for the night. This was probably the second hardest area in the No Hands Challenge after Air Castle so I knew it could be tough. Sure enough, I had two TPKs here: as soon as a large group of Arm Drones or Sensor Bits gets a sneak attack (or a failed run attempt), the party was nearly wiped, and continuing with one member never really goes well. I didn't try to fight a single damn encounter.
I had good luck running from Guilgenovas, which I saw two of in my final (successful) run, which was interesting compared to the No Hands challenge. I had to use a few Monomates, too, but it was okay (other than two huge, embarrassing deaths).
 

I was very excited to get Rika, but even more excited for Aiedo seeing as I was given access to Crmcshields.

 

Aiedo

I sold every piece of equipment that was buyable, because I can go back for it if necessary. This basically means I kept the Titn-Crown, Claws (I forget if regular claws are buyable?), Rune's default mantle and Wood-Cane (just in case).

Set up is now as follows, only including things I actually own, and including the latest round of gifts:
 

Rika (Level 5, 43 Def)

Equipment: Crmcshield, Crbn-Suit (I'll be getting another Crmcshield soon!)

Techs: (none)

Skills: (none)

 

Alys (Level 10, 60 Def)

Equipment: Crmcshield, Crmcshield, Crbn-Suit

Techs: Foi

Skills: (none)

 

Gryz (Level 7, 37 Def, 58 Atk)

Equipment: Struggl-Ax, Crbn-Suit

Techs: (none)

Skills: (none)

 

Chaz (Level 9, 25 Def, 30 Atk)

Equipment: Hunt-Knife, Hunt-Knife, Crbn-Suit

Techs: Ryuka

Skills: (none)

 

Hahn (Level 9, 21 Def, 23 Atk)

Equipment: Hunt-Knife, Hunt-Knife, Crbn-Suit

Techs: Wat

Skills: (none)

 

Now that Alys has Foi, Rika is going to be the designated tank... at least for now. Gryz is my principle offense.

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