Encounter Circle EXP SP and Field Skills
Hit the Right Trigger in the field or dungeon to show the encounter circle. This little item is helpful in getting the parteipramie (party bonus) of SP to level up your shadows quickly. You may not be able to do that early on, but it comes in handy later. Attack enemies using the dash attack or by bumping into them singly; otherwise, use the encounter circle.
Enemies highlighted in the circle are fought at once when you choose to fight all monsters. There are no back attacks or surprises here. Fighting multiple monster groups sounds tough, but between each monster set, you have a battle roulette that offers only positive afflictions to your party (HP restore, Attack Up, etc.). Fighting multiple monsters will be needed once you have your shadows ranking around 40 or so, since the SP bonuses add up.
EXP is earned across all battles but there is no bonus for experience earned unless certain items are used. EXP is used primarily to gain more shadow classes (up to the max of 9 different classes). EXP ultimately matters only by how many classes are unlocked; the rank of shadows figures more into the power level of your character.
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Back attack |
These occur when your party bumps into an enemy from behind allowing your party to attack them (or their back rank) for extra damage. |
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First attack |
These occur when your party leader executes a dash and gets lucky. This means your party attacks the enemy for one turn without retaliation (charge fighters and spellcasters may be different). |
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Preemptive attack |
These occur if your party is struck from behind by enemy parties. Enemies not only attack first, but they attack your back rank (which is the front rank for this fight). Try to flee and retry the battle on your terms. |
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Monster fight |
These occur only when the encounter circle is used. When monsters who are opposed to one another are fought in the same encounter circle, one monster will attack or kill another instead of your party. Monsters that have the potential to do a monster fight will have their names in yellow when they appear on the screen. |
Field skills are special abilities assigned to Right Bumper and Left Bumper in the encounter circle menu. None of the skills are left on for long since you can swap out the skill once it's been activated. Almost all field skills use MP. Field skills are helpful in some situations, but not always.
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