Bravely Default - Neverending grinding, plus general discussion

[lestatdark]

Sincerity said:

lestatdark said:

Sincerity said:

I just defeated the Fire Temple Boss Caugmar on hard and It wasnt that difficult. His Overcharge didnt kill me when I used Default and after that I could attack him Freely. Used a Party of One Pirate/Thief, Red Mage/Summoner, Valkyrie/Freelancer, Spell Fencer/Monk. My whole party Is lvl46 with Jobs on lvl11-12. The most difficult boss for now I found was Qada because of his 9999 Dmg attack and his Poison Bomb right after. 

I wonder If you guys could recommend me any good party setup, I got every Job til the Ninja. Also what Is the Salve Maker good for, Is he worth using?

You had a lot  of High HP jobs and with high levels on them, that was a good approach for Chaugmar. As for Qada, the best approach for him is to keep a fast W.Mage at all times in your party, so you can Raise your KO'ed members before he can attack. 

Salve-Maker is good once you've got an extensive amount of compounds. You can make elemental resistant concoctions, Stat-raising concoctions, etc. Later in the game, you can make a 9999 HP Salve-Maker that can create a 9999 Damage concoction as well, which coupled with the Mime skill from Freelancer can net you a 16x9999 HP round (granted all characters have access to Mime + 9999 HP), basically boss killer material. 

For now, your jobs are suficcient, but once you reach the chapter 4 jobs, you'll want to make a Spiritmaster, Arcanist, Templar and Hunter/Thief/Ninja class. This party setup will carry you easily until Chapter 7 Hard.

Thanks a lot, I will try the Setup you recommended me once I reach the Chapter 4 Jobs, for now I changed my Pirate to a Ninja because I didnt like the Pirate much anyway. 

I just defeated Konoe for the Ninja Job, that was a very tough battle on hard.. especially because she always focussed the chars that had low life so I had to revive like 100 times.

Which of the Job from your setup would you recommend me to set to each Character? i.e Tiz, Agnes, Ringabel, Edea as I got specific Job Skills on them for now.

My Tiz got the Pirate Job on lvl11 and Thief on lvl10. 

My Agnes got the White Mage on lvl9, Summoner on lvl9 and Red Mage on lvl12. 

My Ringabel got the Black Mage on lvl7, Merchant on lvl9, Hunter on lvl7 and Valkyrie on lvl12. 

My Edea got the Monk on lvl7, Knight on lvl6, Spell Fencer on lvl12, Sword Master on lvl4.

Also Is It normal that no Sub Quest Asterisk Boss In Chapter 3 gave me any money?

Konoe is extremely complicated, especially if you have a Physical oriented party. If you're unlucky, she'll use that 100% evade move in consecutive turns, leaving you wide open to a OHKO from her counters. And that first strike move she has also OHKO most of your party. 

For your jobs, i would use Tiz as a Thief, try to learn Two-Handed from Knight and use P.Atk 20%, Two-Handed and Axe Lore (though this would require you to level up Pirate to 12, so it depends on how far you're from it). This will make you very fast and hit very hard, since two-handed Axes are the strongest weapons in the game (once you get the Fox Tail, then it becomes OP material).

Agnes I would use her as a W.Mage with R.Mage sub. With  Angelic Ward, Revenge and M.Def 10% you'll have a good chance to keep your BP up for a bigger amount of healing per turns, plus with Rod Lore, you can cast the level 4 B.Mage spells for significant damage by equipping rods at level S.

Ringabel I would go B.Mage all the way. You really need a B.Mage to deal with the regular mobs on chapter 4, or else the large groups are gonna tear through your party. Other suggestion is an Sword Magic Valkyrie, as you can put any kind of elemental damage on your Valkyrie's Spear and use Crescent Moon to deal with groups. My suggestion for Ringabel would be a B.Mage with Time Magic sub, that way you'll hit for almost all weaknesses, plus have a good supporting role (hastening your party, slowing enemies, giving your Thief more hits, etc.)

Since you already have Edea as a high level Sword Fencer, that role would fit her well, since Valkyrie only needs low levels to earn Crescent Moon and Spear Lore (lvl 3). 

And yes, most asterik bosses will not give you pg from chapter 3 onwards, heck they stop giving you exp altogether on chapter 5.