General Tales of Destiny (PS2) Discussion

[stahn]

that's right you first meet mary in Janos and she take you to rutee in original they never mention that they were on dragonis in the first place. Namco add that in remake.

[chingi1]

See, sometimes I make up random memories that come out of nowhere.

[supersonic1453]

OK, I was in Toukei and this guy in front of the weapon shop gave me a book that allowed me to turn on Definite or Definitive Strike (the kana is　ディフィニットストライク), and I was wondering what this did. 

Also, what is everyone's support ability?

[Kajitani-Eizan]

time to pull a vegh!

definite strike is a chain of attacks that you can pull off against certain enemies to like, increase rare drop rates, or something. like, each enemy has a certain definite strike chain, and if you pull off that chain against that enemy, good stuff happens.

[Leroy]

To expand, definite strikes apparently do more damage and have higher a dizzying rate then a standard combo and yes, drop rates are increased (though have any Tales games actually had drops that were ever worth a damn?). Also, getting a definite strike against every enemy in a region apparently nets you some good rewards.. though honestly, that's a hell of a lot of extra crap work in my opinion.. especially having to constantly change characters and reset your skills every battle. I do know that one of the regional rewards is a recipe though.. so if you wanted Lilith's Gold Frying Pan.. yeah.

[Kyo316]

Support abilites:

Stahn: Periodically increases the rank of a stat increasing herb.
Normal to blue and blue to red.

Rutee: Periodically receives gald or lenses.

Philia: Periodically uses up a Fruit type item to make a consumable item.

Leon: Increases character Attack power during battle (not sure about magic power).

Woodrow: Encounter rate down.

Chelsea: Periodically uses up a Seed type item to make a consumable
OR a Fruit Type item.

Kongman: Periodically increases one of his stats by 1.

Mary: Periodically increases the level of an accessory
(upper limit subject to her levels).

Johnny: Encounter Rate up. Increases item drop rate after a battle.

Lilith: Cooks specialized recipe
(i.e. Compressed Hamburger -> Uncompressed Hamburger).

[Cless Aileron]

Support abilites:

Stahn: Periodically increases the rank of a stat increasing herb.
Normal to blue and blue to red.

Rutee: Periodically receives gald or lenses.

Philia: Periodically uses up a Fruit type item to make a consumable item.

Leon: Increases character Attack power during battle (not sure about magic power).

Woodrow: Encounter rate down.

Chelsea: Periodically uses up a Seed type item to make a consumable
OR a Fruit Type item.

Kongman: Periodically increases one of his stats by 1.

Mary: Periodically increases the level of an accessory
(upper limit subject to her levels).

Johnny: Encounter Rate up. Increases item drop rate after a battle.

Lilith: Cooks specialized recipe
(i.e. Compressed Hamburger -> Uncompressed Hamburger).

Wow!  I've been wondering what support abilities the other characters had (I only knew Mary sometimes level up accessories).  Thanks for the info, man!  It's really helpful.