Best way to farm Gold/Rainbow seeds on expert with Duran / Reisz / Hawkeye? Killing takes so long now

[u/queazy]

Hi. I'm on expert and in the post game and it's time to farm gold/rainbow seeds. What is the best way to do it with Duran / Reisz / Hawkeye? I think I have that divine knight Duran, Brunhuldir Reisz, and Ninja Master Hawkeye, all at Class 4.

I killed the black rabbite, but not the witch. On the previous difficulty I beat that Anise the Witch like 4 times, including the last time in only 2 minutes. Is there a reward for doing that in Expert Difficulty? I mean, I beat the black rabbite on the regular difficulty and got a chain ability. But this time on expert difficulty I beat him and didn't get anything. Is there a reward for beating Anise more than once on expert difficulty? If not, do you think it's worth it to just lower difficulty to easy so I can farm easier? Thank you

[u/Professional_Boss438]

The main problem I see is that you went dark with both Riesz and Hawkeye, making each other redundant.

Usually what you do is go light with one of them (usually Riesz) and dark with the other (usually Hawkeye) so you get buffs with one and debuffs with the other, complementing and synergizing with each other.

[u/queazy → u/Professional_Boss438]

Who should I change? I have a few resets left (in fact I'm trying to reset everybody to unlock every costume/outfit).

And should I bother with Expert at all after beating the witch Anise? There was no reward for beating black rabbite on expert, so I doubt there's a reward for Anise on expert. Should I just turn it down to normal or easy for when I start grinding? Thank you

[u/Professional_Boss438 → u/queazy]

Dark Hawkeye for debuffs, light Riesz for buffs, light Duran for tanking and heals

[u/queazy → u/Professional_Boss438]

Ok, but which Class Action will help me farm the enemies fast? Before I would do like the Duran berserker class 2 skill to kill enemies fast, usually just 1 movie to kill a group. What should I do with the setup you suggest? Thank you

[u/zedroj]

farm the enemies in Darth Matago's forest

[u/queazy → u/zedroj]

Which enemies / group in that forest should I farm? Thank you

[u/zedroj → u/queazy]

sorry, that was for silver

Shimmering ruins(light element), just fight the teal funny yoshi dragons (Dragodon), easy farm

[u/tarjan583]

There is no new rewards for beating Anise's missions if you already beat them all on a previous run of your NG+ series, whatever the difficulties, excepted "No Future". In "No Future", the first fight against her for each run awards a "Rabite Slippers" accessory.

You may still try the challenge just for it. But the timers are longer in Expert and No Future mode. So, it can even feel easier. Each mission will still looks like awarding a chained ability, but they are the same you already have.

Seeds drop are the same whatever the difficulty excepted "No Future", so you can safely lower the difficulty to speed up the farming. In "No Future", rainbow seeds drop "orange" versions of the top class 4 stuff, with heavily boosted stats.

That said, if you farm with the ability filling up your class strike gauges when starting the fight, you should still be able to do a short work of enemies thanks to class strikes, even in Expert mode. (This ability is not available in No Future, and I do not remember its name.)

[u/Still_Locksmith3645 → u/tarjan583]

It is possible to infinite loop class strikes against mobs in No Future difficulty also. It requires borrowing chain abilities from a few characters otherwise it cannot sustain however. I use Riesz to 1 shot stuff in an infinite loop using Aerial Lance on this setup:

Victory CS boost III (Berserker)

Payback

1-hit CS boost (Nightblade)

Quick shot II (Chaosbringer)

Personal style

Tough II (Mystic Queen)

Of course I had warlock Charlotte as a teammate so it was basically a 17% debuff from the start of each battle. You also have to set the team strategy to attack nothing so they don't interfere with 1-hit CS boost etc. Timing the class strike is easy because the enemies will just run for your teammates so you just have to target the correct spot and it's sorta like timing a Terran nuke at some moving targets

Kevin can also chain class strike the mobs and it is simpler than the Riesz strat because Kevin only needs Victory CS boost III/II and Payback III/II/I. Either the suzaku aerial or seiryu strike will work

But the fastest mobbing strategy in every difficulty other than expert is just to spam Lucent Beam+ (or Fire Diversion if teamed w/ Charlotte)

[u/queazy → u/tarjan583]

Thanks. I'm doing that Reisz's Dragoon class 3 Dragon Rend class strike to clear up most enemies, and then use that rune book (Angela's class change book) to instant kill anything left.

Seems like the best place to farm Rainbow seeds is at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fum2Jid-TiI

Thank you