48 hours of Atelier Sophie, folks! How did it come to this? If you ask my inner gaming clock, I've been playing for hardly 10 hours, not close to 50. I love that game indeed, oooh yes precious. I've come a long way since my last post, as shown by the following list of accomplishments:
— I reached the lv.20 level cap and entered the Ability Point regimen. All characters benefited from it and were automatically promoted to lv. 20, even those who never put a toe on the battlefield such as Cory or Fritz. I upgraded my crew's most
— I enhanced my crew's gear to the max after grinding tons of Rainbow Crystals in the Forgotten Nursery. Thanks to all that toiling, I could finally beat not only that darn giant fish at Prospector's Strand, but also a Puny boss and a pair of dragons.
— I synthesized a Fairy Cauldron with complete Rotation, a 5x5 grid and a lv.2 Bonus Display. This was a major alchemic victory for nooby little me, and it significantly increased my mastery of Synthesis. For instance, I noticed that the order in which I put pieces matters: if I want to increase a certain Trait, I should put the pieces that correspond to it last, when the Effect Values of Panels have been maxed up by the addition of other pieces.
— I uncovered the last of the Hope Recipes, although I still have to synthesize it. There are still 9 recipes missing in that Hope batch, but I'm not losing sleep over it as long as I can still progress unhindered.
— I unlocked the Dream and Mystery Recipes. Not only that, but the last of the Dream Recipes is ready for the synthethizing and just waiting for my Alchemy Level to be raised. Unless I decide to ignore the level suggestions entirely, as I did a couple of times already.
With all that done and dusted, the only thing left to do is to keep foraging, fighting and synthesizing till I see the credits roll — or fold under grinding fatigue. We're not there yet; so for now, back to the cauldron indeed!
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