The Ni No Kuni series has always been beautiful. With its Studio Ghibli-esque styling, imaginative character designs an…
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That reviewer has some odd aversion to the AI, which I actually enjoy. My toon farms things while I go through the 100 menu options and upgrade stuff. When I am done, I can kick in 4 hours of “AI mode” offline farming each day, which I use to grind collectibles or gold. I have never manually controlled my own attacks, only dodges for telegraphed boss attacks.
As far as gacha’s go, this one seems pretty light. I could just be blissfully unaware, but I have not picked up on any familiars or weapons that you absolutely have to reroll or pay to get through event rolls (a la FFRK). I have gotten plenty of 4-stars of each through normal F2P methods.
Inventory space is a concern and has been the only sink for my diamonds (I use tickets for pulls). Pro tip is to hit level 40 (or 43 to unlock Toys) and then run each of the other 4 classes to level 20 for an additional 25 inventory slots EACH. You can reuse your high level familiars, skip all dialogue, and get the Class Upgrade in less than an hour. Since inventory is account wide, all your characters now have an extra 100 slots. In theory you can do this again at level 40, but I think you have to be careful not to cannibalize Main Story Quests from your main character and being forced to grind.
I sort of have a better understanding of the Territe system. Higher level people say it is a serious bottleneck to upgrading familiars and equipment. As a level 46 casual, I haven’t run into that yet. I have max “territe energy” which means I am wasting my daily allotments. Higher energy levels increase your territe drop rates in the Chaos Field dungeon, which is a good place to AI mode farm (form a pickup group for party bonus to drop rates). Every time a mob drops a territe, it consumes 1 energy, which serves as a throttle to the amount you can farm. I haven’t bothered farming it, as I really need to focus on getting my CP to get to one of the higher floors of the Chaos Field first - for the higher drop rates.