

Out of the 9 recruitable characters, you can only get four of them at a time. Some characters won’t join you if you have specific characters already part of your party. SOFD’s story varies differently depending on the characters you have in your party. These songs dramatically increase the success rate of creating items while the music is playing. When crafting items, play a background music via the Orchestra super specialty or the Goddess’ Arrival song.

Increase the Success Rate of Item Creation Or have someone craft accessories to unlock Nimble Fingers talent which not only increases success rate in Crafting but also in Pickpocketing.ħ. For example, if you keep somebody without the Taste talent cook dishes over and over again, he/she will eventually unlock that talent. Fortunately, you can have them unlock secret talents by letting them create items through Specialties that they’re not really that efficient. For example, a character that doesn’t have the Taste talent won't be that successful when cooking. Your targeting system must be set to Semi-Auto to be able to select targets manually.Įach character are efficient in some fields which will affect the success rate of the specialties you want them to learn. You should prioritize in taking down the enemy spellcasters or they’ll give you a hard time by healing enemies or casting all-party spells. If you see some of the enemies going after your spellcasters, manually control them and lead them towards your fighters. On top of AoE spells, they are also essential in keeping your party healthy as long as they’re not interrupted by enemy attacks. You can also manually order your allies to use a spell or technique.Ĭontrolling your fighter and attacking from the enemy’s back can give you higher chances of hitting the enemy and dealing high damage. Switch to an available character, preferably a spellcaster and use a recovery item or spell.

There are times that the character you control will be busy dealing with enemies and one of your teammates are on the verge of dying. Micromanaging your team will be needed for certain battles. SOFD’s battle system is active, which means you’ll control one of the characters while your other team mates act on their own.Ģ. Star Ocean: First Departure utilizes the modified version of the game engine used to run Star Ocean: The Second Story for the PS1. Here are some general tips for Star Ocean: First Departure R.
