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The Mana Sword posted...

ah okay, then I wont go crazy looking for him in one shot areas, was mostly concerned about missables

There's also a Cactus level, I think 35 or 40, that shows on the map how many Cacti are in each location. It doesn't show them on the map itself, but the 0/2 kind of thing. Really helped me out when I thought I had searched every square inch of a place, but it turned out there was a place to jump to I never looked at.

I'm in the middle of Dark Castle now and just wanted to sort out some thoughts comparing to my recollection of Seiken Densetsu 3.

First of all, the game is easier by virtue of the added bonuses and combat changes. Take away the Cacti, the battle experience bonuses, and the extra stats and buff feats, and the game would be pretty much the same in terms of development. You'd have much more grinding, much lower damage (no more Strength +5 boosts so you can go back to doing single-digit damage to freaking Potos in Undine's cavern), and with Charge attacks being less useful except for breaking armor, battles are a lot faster because you're not holding down the attack button for seven charges to unleash the (still-terrible and super missable) Light-Light Hawkeye L3 attack.

Also, with the Cacti and Item Find buffs and the gold items scattered throughout maps, Seeds were a lot, A LOT, harder to farm. I've gotten enough seeds to hit a Level 5 Pot! The ultimate seed weapons that were super rare and very hard to farm have been filling my pockets with Lucre for all the extra Genbu Suits that pop out of Silver Item Seeds. With good seed farming, I haven't really needed to buy weapons or armor since the fifth Benevodon. I still do because I want one of every single item, and weapons are fun to look at on characters, and if I weren't buying every single thing from the shopkeepers (and resetting to make sure I buy everything from them before they restock), I'd probably have 1000000 Gols right now.

These are not complaints, just observations. I'm LOVING this game. If I were to complain, it'd just be stupid stuff. Like, I ALSO wish the hair colors changed, and if I could change anything about the game, anything at all, it would be this:

When characters class change, I want them to pose like the old sprites and not just have the same one every time. I miss the different attitudes each pose brought.

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