I think I had to check the GameFAQs forums on how to beat the Leo/Percival battle, but I finally did it !gildedtalon wrote:I once got stuck against Franz in front of Le Buque. I levelled the wrong skills, that battle is pretty tough just like when you have to fight in Vinay del Zexay with Hugo
I think by the time Franz rolled around, though, I had a good grasp of the battle system. Still took me some time to understand the battle system restrictions put on the war battles, though. That said, S3's are my favorite because they use the regular battle system. Therefore, you don't have to relearn too many new things. Once the war battle restrictions are understood, war battles get a lot easier to do.
I can't remember exactly what I did with Joker (I think I went with Water magic instead of Fire because I needed heal more), but I do believe I fell into the Ace-and-Joker-not-being-in-the-same-pair trap once but only after realizing much later in my playtime that two-person unites require the two characters to be in the same pair, and never mind that stupid single-target-healing-cannot-target-other-pairs mechanic that made me lose way too many times than I care to count.gildedtalon wrote:I tried not using/levelling Fire Magic with Joker, bad mistake. The game is so tough, never gonna do it again
Yeah, if Geddoe is the hard mode of an already hard Suikoden, then Thomas is practically KH2FM's Critical Mode: seemly impossible if you don't know what you're doing, a fun challenge if you have near mastery of the battle mechanics. Because of S3's deceptive hardness, I use a very strict order to play the game. I'll link them here, just DO NOT check the links if you don't like Spoilers, my advice contains some. If you have any questions about Suikoden 3, let me know. Out of all of Suikodens, I've researched both S3 and Tactics the most because it's near necessary if you want to beat the game.gildedtalon wrote:I even have to give up on Thomas chapter 2, forced to level Shield and Armor Protect for Cecile
Here are the links:
My Suggested Optimal Chapter Order & Strategies
My Suggested Optimal Thomas Chapter Recruits & Strategies
My Suggested Optimal Chris Chapter Recruits (Example of Only Three Recruits, Though)
If you find these links useful, I can also give you my full recruitment suggestions list; I've tested that list through several different game playthroughs, and I found it to give you the most ways to fully take advantage of all different ways the game mechanics of Suikoden III try to help you have an easy time with the game.