Seriously?

So, I actually did a replay for Arc Rise Fantasia like around late Aug. I couldn't take my current save file any longer since it was missing a weapon for Rastan, and three unique drops from three bosses, namely Weiss, Chimera and Banchu, not to mention lots of steals for Lv 3 and Lv 4 Gem Shards from a bunch of bosses which I could have gotten so I decided play it again. My first save was at the Verct Skywalk before I dropped it.

Didn't do the Rogress quest much differently from the last time, but I went for Rufunga, Urgula and Banchu this time. First time it was Rufunga, Urgula and Papirusagu. And both times I failed Squill, although I did it on purpose on the replay :') But after having tried all the five optional Rogress quest, my opinion for the battles to get them?

( Long rambling ahead )

All in all, I really like the second file a lot more and I'm doing much better than the first one. I've gotten the weapon I had missed for Rastan the first time round, and the two unique drops from Weiss and Chimera (Didn't even had to reload my save! Banchu doesn't count since the drop is 100%, it's the boss that's missable), and have a lot more Gem Shards this time round. Not only that, I'm luckier this time round with Gem Shard drops from breaking Raystones. Though I did equip to increase my chances of gem shard drops from breaking Raystones a little (I broke Raystones with Serge when I was doing a bit of leveling and while I was going through the dungeons), but nontheless, it worked out such that I have like one more Rain Gem and one more Firestorm Gem compared to the first file, and I already have one Inferno Gem already. Not only that, I'm about two Gale Shards, two Flood Shards and one Terra Shard short to have a complete set of Lv 4 magic gems for one person before the Verct Skywalk, and I'm currently only at the Flagship Percival (the first time I reached Verct Skywalk I don't even have a single Lv 4 magic gem yet) part of the story. Once I get a complete set of Lv 4 magic gems, I'm resetting Serge's orb and putting the gems on him so that he will have access to every single magic in the game and he'll be throwing magic left and right at bosses OwO Rastan is more of my support magic caster (Dispel Magic, Life Force, Force Shield, Magic Shell, Regeneration) so I'll probably only have all magic up to Lv 3 for him once I get a second set of Lv 4 magic gems which I'm gonna put on L'Arc, which I'll have by the time I finish the Verct Skywalk, and I usually only sync magic with Serge and L'Arc anyway since Rastan is kind of the item user in my party, though Rastan would make a really good damage absorber later...

God I love this game so much despite the sub-par localisation and voice acting. I think Serge may have become my favourite character... He's really amusing at times and is serious when he needs to be and I pretty much crack up at quite a lot of conversations where he's involved. I like Rastan and L'Arc too, but eh. The girls are fun too of course.

Gah, I better stop rambling already and go to bed.