by puzzled » Tue May 11, 2010 7:13 am
I really really don't like the wording in a couple places in the walkthrough, really screwed me up.
One was in the arvendel dome regarding how to get the coelecanth scale, it simply says to "return to the switch behind the gate." Should have said that the switch is on the right entry point in the water, to remind us.
The other was in snake rock, it says something really weird like "Now go up and right down the second path." Up to that point everything was clear, and the event right before where you get the gold from the bed is clear. But I had zero idea what it meant by going "right down the second path." There is an "up", but after that there is a "left", and it doesn't correspond at all with anything after that. Eventually I found the next step which is the room with the air bomb, but this direction was incredibly wrong and frustrating. There were also a couple other points in the arvendel dome where it should have said to go up a screen before telling the next direction, those were confusing but less so.
Also in snake rock it's not explained what hiding actually does for you, or how to use it properly. All that it says in the walkthrough is that it "decreases the chances of being attacked." This is completely false. What it does is pre emptively force your team into defense mode for the first round of battle. It's perfect against the surprise attacks because it protects you the first round when you're all surprised. But, you don't want to be in hide mode all the time because in regular encounters, it's simply a waste of a first round since you're all defending when you're normally be attacking. So you want to alternate to unhide mode if you see a visible encounter,and be in hide mode all the other times for ambushes.
Also in snake rock it says something really dumb: "First up go down." Should not word it that way, screwed me up. I went up, since it said first up. Should say, first, go down. Or first go down. Not first up go down.