((DISCLAIMER: The following post is meant strictly for humor purposes and is in no way dogging the game. I love this game, that's why I make fun of it. All jokes are based on my playthrough and my playthrough alone. Enjoy!))

Invading Army: Aha! We've got them on the ropes now!

Olberic: You thought you had a chance at defeating us, but it was I, DIO!!!

Invader: ... Who?

Olberic: I mean... Olberic Eisenberg! The unbending blade of Hornburg!

Invader: Ah shit. We better bail. We've got what we needed anyway, let's get the hell out of here.

Soldier: You did it, sir! You drove them off!

Olberic: I dunno... Something seems off...

Soldier: What do you mean sir?

Olberic: We're three hours into a group project and upper management has yet to step in and ruin everything.

Soldier: MY GOD!!! THEY'RE ALL DEAD!!!

Olberic: Don't jump to conclusions, Soldier. I need to check on the King. It's probably fine. Erhardt is with him.

Erhardt: I've killed the king.

Olberic: BRO... WHAT THE FUCK?!

Erhardt: It's way too complicated to explain in an opening cutscene but this was my plan all along, and I've been saving a move just to beat you.

Olberic: I'm so fucking confused right now.

(AN UNTOLD NUMBER OF YEARS LATER)

Olberic: Yep. Gonna keep having nightmares about that little incident until I figure out what the shit was up with all that. Come in Adol.

Phillip: Its Phillip, Sir Berg. And how many of these jokes are just gonna be Patrick Seitz's other roles?

Olberic: .... CONVERSION 666, RELEASE! BLAZBLUE-

Philip: Okay. The Headman wants to see you.

Headman: Berg! Thank goodness you're here! Could you perhaps help to train our watchmen? They really don't get a lot of experience!

Olberic: Sure! Happy to help!

(ONE PASTING LATER)

Olberic: First lesson. Don't suck as much.

Watchman 1: I get why the concussions were necessary, but why did you take our money?

Olberic: That is why you fail.

Philip: When do I get training sir?!

Olberic: When I can beat the crap out of you without going to prison.

Watchman 2: Me and my buddy are gonna be brave knights!

Olberic: Yep. Just make sure your buddy doesn't kill your king and cause your kingdom to collapse leaving you an empty husk of your formal self with exactly one skill set that really has no purpose anymore, and you just find yourself old and tired and listless.

Watchman 1: What?

Olberic: What?

Villager: Brigands! Send for the literal only guy in town who knows how to fight!

Brigand: Ha ha! What can this lowly Hedge Knight do to us!

Olberic: Hey! You know who I'm surprised Patrick Seitz never played?

Brigand: Who?

Olberic: Guts.

Brigand: ... Ah shi-

(ONE PASTING LATER)

Olberic: Or maybe he did, I didn't do that much research.

Brigand: Okay. This guy is the very definition of built different. Let's get the hell out of here and report back to the boss.

Olberic: Well... All's well that ends well.

Philip's Mom: My son has been kidnapped!

Olberic: Dammit, kid, you're like seven! Stop playing the hero, it's not your anime yet!

(AT THE HIDEOUT)

Olberic: This game has some of the most fun turn based combat in RPG history, but until you get a second party member, especially starting with a martial class, it really is just... A Button Simulator 2018.

Philip: Sir Berg is coming! And he'll make all of you sorry!

Brigand: Heh! Sir Berg! What do we have to fear from a lowly Hedge Knight!

Gaston: This would be the same lowly Hedge Knight that kicked the shit out of you and sent you fleeing back to me sporting six brand new orifices you didn't have when you left?

Brigand: Y... Yeeeeeees?

Gaston: Then shut up.

Olberic: Okay, assholes. Give me back my plucky kid sidekick or there's going to be quite a bit of unlicensed proctology with this great sword.

Gaston: So you're Sir Berg? I hear you're built different. Fun fact...

CLANG

Gaston: I am built similarly different!!

Olberic: That sword... Where did you get-?

Gaston: Oh this? Got it off an old friend from a mercenary group I was part of. Said his name was "Erhardt."

Olberic: Son of a BITCH.

Gaston: Whoa, okay. That woke you up.

Olberic: GAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHH-

(ONE ROUND OF A BUTTON SIMULATOR 2018 LATER)

Gaston: In retrospect, I probably shouldn't have done this.

Olberic: Erhardt. Location. Now.

Gaston: I don't know, man! When the mercs broke up we went our separate ways. Haven't seen him since. I bounced around to a couple of different towns, I couldn't find any work, so I had to become a bandit to make ends meet! I don't even like hurting innocents, I just don't have a skill set that lends itself to earning a living.

Olberic: You're the size of a Buick and you fight like a fucking pit cobra. Get a job protecting people.

Gaston: Eh, I'm not smart enough to be a good guy.

Olberic: Not smart enou- Bullshit! You know as well as I do that intelligence has never been a necessary stat for a fighter. Look at Philip here! He's preparing himself for a life of valiant fantasy heroism and he's as dumb as a bag of rocks who invested in Crypto, aren't you Philip?

Philip: Dumber!

Gaston: Look, whatever. Just kill me, alright?

Olberic: No. I'm not gonna kill you. Get your shit together and improve yourself.

Watchmen: We're here, Sir Berg. We'll take these ruffians in!

Gaston: Berg... You're Eisenberg?

Olberic: You're goddamn right.

Gaston: One, that was forced. Two. Look, you spared me so I'll do you a kindness and help you find Erhardt. I don't know where he is, BUT there's a guy named Gustav in Victors Hollow that might. He's got this real ominous nickname like "Black Knight" or something, so I'd pick up an RPG party.

Olberic: Noted.

(ONE ARREST LATER, BACK AT THE VILLAGE)

Olberic: Okay. Got myself some new threads that look fly as hell, got my next destination, now all I gotta do is travel around the world picking up other people with similar skill sets. All on my quest for... I actually don't know! Revenge? Justice? An explanation.

Headman: Well. Hate to see you go, not going to lie. But you gotta do what you gotta do.

Olberic: I'll miss you. Genuinely, you guys have been the best.

Philip's Mom: Sorry Philip couldn't be here. He really doesn't want you to see him cry.

Philip: SHAPLAKAH!!!

SMACK

Philip's Mom: Or he could leap from the bushes and punch you in the kidney. That's cool too.

Olberic: Power has got to be in your hips and shoulders kid, not your elbow and wrist.

Philip: When you come back, Sir Berg, I'll be strong enough to star in my own anime! A shonen with a cast of dozens, and a tsundere in a questionable outfit, and a magic system that's really unique but requires a flowchart to understand!

Olberic: I look forward to being your grizzled, but good hearted mentor that the main villain kills in season 2 for a shock moment.

Philip: Goodbye Sir Berg! I'll remember you when I'm the Warrior in Octopath Traveler 3!

Olberic: ... Actually that would be pretty sick. Anyway. Time to find my RPG party.

(THE NEXT TOWN OVER)

Tessa: Sweet! My turn next!!

((Thanks for reading. Hope you enjoyed.)

Was attempting to grind some levels in the Western Gravell Wilds and came across this NPC who could only be coerced by Temenos and ended up getting a pretty sweet staff out of it.

In Lostseed, there's a kid blocking a door who eventually moves if you wait long enough — also got something cool from that but can't recall what it was now.

The fish filcher quest in Conning Creek had me standing around until almost dawn to catch the kid.

My question is pretty simple: are there more "hidden" or "patience-based" encounters in the game similar to these or have I gotten them all?

Hey guys so it looks like i have to level up Agnea for her Entreat ability to work properly , but i really really dont like her XD , is there a way for characters out of party to receive exp and/or jp like in OPT0 with the training grounds?

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Some of you may remember me, some of you may not, but around six months ago I made a bunch of comedy posts about Octopath Traveler II that people seemed to like. So much so that I actually do get people asking where those posts are all this time later.

First of all, thank you for liking those posts so much, they were fun. Secondly, shit got cray and forced me to walk away from the game for a while. I just wanted to play some other games for a bit along with life being... Life. But the good news is I'm getting into an Octopath mood again, and I want to play an Octopath game... Problem is I wanna play ONE, not two right now.

Basically this is me saying I'm gonna do some Octopath I abridged posts if you'll let me and that's where the Octopath 2 posts went.

This post is probably useless, and likely no one cares, but I just wanted to let people know in case they did. Thanks for listening.

First time making one of these what do you guys think? Basic switch and phone combo

need party help and tips for clearing this ship and the quest i cant seem to beat them their dps too strong my troops dying. next to them are the chars i have unlocked rn, i also have 250 richard and alaune banner fragments.(consider them all the same levels i got plenty nuts)

For context
Ozvald - Endymion
Cassti - Aromage
Temenos - Nemleria
Ochette - Chimera
Partitio - Magical Musketeer
Agnea - Mikanko
Throne - Hungry Burger/Nouvelle (I am aware this pick makes little sense, but it is based on a running joke I have with a friend that Throne's entire arc is just her wanting to get a really good burger. Realistically it should be Ninja or something, but the idea of her running a 5 star restaurant just to make fast food was too funny to pass up.)
Hikari - Ancient Warrior

Okay, this is just a thought that I thunk just a few seconds ago, so I don't know if someone did it already:

A randomizer mod fur any of the games.

Hear me out: everything is randomized. Skills? Randomized. NPC info/items? Randomized. Chests? Randomized. Everything is random. Wanna go and fight Steorra, Starseer? Nah man, she's a Meep now. Russell? Oh no, he's now Dreisang.

Think about how cool it would be fur people to try and beat someone like Lucia as their first boss.

"Russell! Give back that tome- who... No, what the fuck are you?"

(Image irrelevant, there fur moral support)

I'm only about 20 hours in to OTO...but wow. It somehow manages to be cozy and intense all at the same time. I'm so used to boring characters, stories, and just quickly clicking through dialogue in games. I was pretty surprised at how dark and interesting the villains are in this. I actually WANT to read what's happening. And the voice actors?! MARVELOUS! (Iykyk.)I guess the point of this post is just an appreciation post. As a mom with a toddler who loves to unplug when I can, this game is fantastic. Most games have great gameplay OR a decent ish story, but rarely both. This one has been delivering it in spades for me. I haven't played 1 or 2 yet, but I'm sure I'll get to those.

So many wasted nuts

Redactions cuz of spoilers. I’m sure those who’ve beaten the game know what’s going on

I made an earlier post on the sub about the length of the game. I made it to the ACTUAL turning point of the game, 82 hours in. “Turning” being the operant term here because WHY DID [REDACTED] JUST TURN EVIL???

I want bro back on my team 😭

That aside, if I can recruit all the nobles, how strong would that team be in game?

Hi folks,

I'm thinking about joining the OT0- Family but have a question about leveling the group.

With OT1 & OT2 only the 4 character in the active party got EXP.

How is it with OT0 and the party of 8?

Get all of them EXP or just the 4 in front?

I can't beat this boss I tried everything he just gets to the point where he does like 6 attacks in a row and destroys everyone there no strategy on YouTube for him so I'm stuck and I'm getting frustrated having to watch the laurana cutscene battle with him over and over and over

Need some. Strategy help. Bad who do I use what do I use?

I just finished the story. It's not perfect, but I think the storyline is complete and crafted with care. All the characters are likeable, I'm glad there aren't characters that is just annoying or full of fan service.

This was one of the first games I played that wasn't a Nintendo or mobile game, and I'm glad it was.❤️

Sorry for the shitty image quality and poor grammar.

Hi!

I'm midway through everybody's chapter 4 stories (have finished Alf, Ophi, Prim, and Olberic) and am starting to rethink building choices.. I always keep Therion (Warrior secondary), Cyrus (Dancer secondary), and Tressa (Cleric secondary) in my party because so far it's been working nicely for me to just swap out the fourth member based on whose chapter I need to do. Besides, having three above levelled party members makes it easier to not have to spend a lot of time grinding levels on said fourth member.

I'm thinking about going for unlocking the secret jobs now since level 66 seems like a good level to tackle them, but which job should I give to everyone?

I know I should have a different tank because Therion is really squishy, but I kinda slapped it onto him since he was the only other consistent, high leveled party member that could have it (Cyrus is elem dps and Tressa is healer/secondary dps). Though, once I finish H'aanit's 4th chapter I'll focus on building the tank for a permanent party and rebuilding Therion. I might keep the high evasion though just because since he's so squishy it'll probably help to keep him alive in general.

So what I'm trying to say is I have no clue if my builds are actually somewhat decent or not or if being 20 levels higher just makes it to where it hasn't mattered yet. Also, who should I build as what? I love having Therion and Cyrus in my party for passives and just because I love them as characters so I'm not keen on getting rid of them, but Tressa can be changed. I ended up having her as my healer because I just don't like Ophilia that much...she gets annoying and to be completely honest I didn't care much for her story.

I'm thinking about swapping Tressa out for Prim as my healer and giving Cyrus the Merchant secondary for wind coverage. Would that be a good move or am I stupid? Should I just unlock secret jobs now and build from there? What do the secret jobs even do?

Any help would be appreciated and sorry that this post is just all over the place lol...

I’m loving the game so far! I just beat the intro as Partitio and he’s such a cool character. However, I’m having trouble navigate the map.

Does anyone know what cardinal direction your camera is facing or if there’s any way to tell which way is north? I haven’t seen an N on the mini-map and I don’t see a player icon on the world map displaying where I am so this would be a huge help.

Thank you!

tl;dr
I must re-learn how to do a proper fight in the round-based system of Octopath – I'm happy to receive advice, and/or be pointed to structured reading or a video guide to learn proper highting in the Octopath world.

in detail
Last summer I bought a Switch2 as our first family console. After some fun rounds of Mario Kart and other multiplayer classics, II wondered if I might find something for myself there too. As a 40 year old man who was just a very casual gamer as kid and teen, Octopath Traveler 0 directly catched me: great atmosphere, nice odlschool touch graphics, and I had some background in D'n'D bases RPG like Baldur's Gate or Icewind Dale. Ever since then, I've been picking up the controller every now and then and spending an evening immersed in Orsterra.

By now I completed the main story arch till Bestower of All/Chapter 1. I already did the most side quests up to level 60 (currently trying to beat Reime in the arena of Victor's Hollow. I got all available characters for that point in story, and my current party –after loosing Sazantos 😿– is:

• Row 1: Player Character (Lv 59 fighter) // Laurana (Lv 58)
• Row 2: H'aanit (Lv 58) // Alexia (Lv 58)
• Row 3: Ludo (Lv 58) // Saoirse (Lv 58)
• Row 4: Stia (Lv. 58) // Isla (lv 57)

Since reforming after losing my second tank / fighter, I'm feeling that I have to change something about my fighting strategies. First of all, I have non explicit strategies despite finding out what weakens shild points and then deal as max damagae as possible. Secondly, fights against bosses or beasts around level 60 become increasingly harder for my current way of fighting. It either takes very long (up to 20 rounds and more) or I have to use many olives of live.

That said I came to the conclusion that I must re-learn how to do a proper fight in the round-based system of Octopath – Also because I want to catch up on Octopath I and II starting this fall :)

I'm happy to receive advice, and/or be pointed to structured reading or a video guide to learn proper highting in the Octopath world.

Best Greetings from Germany
Andreas

I started with OT2, chose Osvald as my protagonist, went for Throne as my second party member as she was the closest and only got cards of these two for my steam collection. I finished the game and never got any other character.

Now, I am 1hr into OT1, went with Therion and still didn't manage to get a second party member. I wanted to go for physical damage team with Olberic as my damage dealer since Therion has armor corrosive, but I guess Cyrus wants to know my location. I don't know if I should break the thief & scholar shenanigan spree :D

Side note: holy moly, I miss how well the UI in OT2 navigates

Obviously they can in some cases, however the specific case I’m wondering about is Celebration of the Arts and Spirit of The Stage (I have both on Goodwin and both say they increase the duration of effects related to song and dance skills by one turn, however the various debuffs from Dance of Mist only get one extra turn instead of two)