EOIV<\/em> is set up so that optional dungeons will give you more things to fight, and more treasures to take back. You’ll get much more out of the game by flying around and looking for trouble. <\/li> <\/ul> Leveling:<\/strong><\/p> - Go back for those FOEs<\/em> — I know that they’re big and scary, but at the precise point in your progression where they’re not quite as scary, they’re the most useful when it comes to earning experience. EOIV<\/em> never lets up, so you might as well take those FOEs down when they’re near to get your level up for the next dungeon.<\/li>
- Get those World Map baddies, too<\/em> — When you can, that is. They can be bastards. If killed, they are great for experience, and they give you items that can be used to make new weapons and armor.<\/li>
- Kill all the shiny things!<\/em> — Randomly, shiny enemies will pop up in battles. Kill them as fast as you can, before they get away. Success brings about huge EXP boosts. <\/li>
- Use that 6th party member<\/em> — Later in the game you’ll see guest characters added to your party. They’ll eventually leave, but while they’re helping out you might as well use them take on some of those FOEs to gain experience. <\/li> <\/ul>
Advanced:<\/strong><\/p> - Take advantage of subclasses<\/em> — Later in the game you’ll be able to add a secondary class to your characters, giving them access to new abilities from any of the other nine classes. Smart mixing and matching will let you do neat things like have technique points regeneration running for a tank-style character that uses techniques often. The possibilities are endless; explore and be rewarded. <\/li>
- FOE caught up to you?<\/em> — Here’s my default “Oh Shit” coming out round when being caught by a FOE: Use my Landsknect to lower enemy damage with Power Break; use my Fortress to cast either an elemental or physical defense spell to help with it; use my Arcanist to cast a binding or poison circle; have my Runemaster throw out an elemental debuff (usually a guess); and have the Medic heal the rest up for round 2. Oh, and pray.<\/li> <\/ul>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":104,"featured_media":145223,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"article_type":"","gamurs_wordpress_blocks_hide_tags":false,"_mi_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"apple_news_api_created_at":"","apple_news_api_id":"","apple_news_api_modified_at":"","apple_news_api_revision":"","apple_news_api_share_url":"","apple_news_coverimage":0,"apple_news_coverimage_caption":"","apple_news_is_hidden":false,"apple_news_is_paid":false,"apple_news_is_preview":false,"apple_news_is_sponsored":false,"apple_news_maturity_rating":"","apple_news_metadata":"\"\"","apple_news_pullquote":"","apple_news_pullquote_position":"","apple_news_slug":"","apple_news_sections":"\"\"","apple_news_suppress_video_url":false,"apple_news_use_image_component":false,"footnotes":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false},"categories":[398,1],"tags":[140,7111,232,107],"internal-label":[],"invoiceable_action":[],"article_type":[],"coauthors":[{"id":104,"display_name":"Dale North","user_login":"Dale North","user_nicename":"dale-north"}],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nEssential tips for Etrian Odyssey IV – Destructoid<\/title>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\n\n\n\n