Saitou Hajime wrote:
ya i know about them asking for items. I.e. torgal asking for the bracelet because it was better than his accessory. Im also aware of them asking for items to upgrade their weapons. This was neither of those. Its just like i said above they gave that specific message randomly while wandering through town.
you said
"If they're asking you to go fight this means they just upgraded their weapon. "
but i clearly said that that is NOT the case. I checked the weapon stats/name and as i said they were exactly the same as before. I even started a brand new game and compared emmas to her stats at the training cave.
I'll read your tips guide but obviously this message does not mean they upgraded their weapons. Do you know what it does mean? Someone on the other forum sugested its just them saying i need to go lvl because im low for that part of the game.. but i seem to be about the right lvl, enemies arent giving me trouble and i fight most of the mobs i see one at a time, skipping a few of the weaker ones. Is it possible thats what the message really means?
It means exactly what I said, (your not low level for that part of game but low level for your weapon upgrade)
NOW.
2 factors that might be preventing you from actually obtaining the upgrade is your low BR (raise it) or your low on gold.
some insight behind this from the wiki.
Battle Rank Effects
BR effects on XBOX 360
- Increased BR effectively decreases the rewards for fighting monsters.
- Increased BR increases enemy stats, most notably, HP.
- Increased BR causes enemies to use improved versions of their techniques.
- Increased BR enables various unit enhancements, including weapon upgrades and access to new skill sets.
- Increased BR allows access to various additional recruits, notably a large number of soldiers.
The current weapon upgrades is based off Xbox360 version of the game. Since in the 360 version, leaders don't ask for that many variety of weapons, the upgrade tree is very simple and don't branch out as much as the PC version.
This is only a general indication of the outcome weapon tree. Other factors might have an effect of the outcome and the exact way how this works is unknown.
The following are confirmed:
- Using mostly arts that contradict the choosen path might change the outcome.
- All strength upgrades (the +1, +2, ...) will be lost when an "illegal upgrade" (one where no direct upgrade exists between the two weapons) is used.
Some unknown factors:
- If you went different route both times when they asked during the game.
- How it will affect the weapon upgrade when they asks for weapon that on your upgrade path.
- How it will affect the weapon upgrade when they asks for weapon that's not on your upgrade path.
- Some bugs like when Torgal asks for Leraje Princeps and a lot of people got stuck with it for rest of the game.
[edit] How it works - Xbox360
All soldier and leader will upgrade their weapon at a target Battle Rank using the components and gold obtained.
- If enough components and gold then upgrade at target BR.
- If not enough components but got extra gold, then when you visit town you buy the missing components automatically and upgrade at target BR.
- If not enough component and gold, then it will sell unequipped weapon to buy components and upgrade at target BR.
- If still not enough gold after weapon has been sold, then they will borrow money to upgrade at later BR and gold falls to 0g.
All I can say is get more gold and raise a few BR's and check your weapons again. I can't say for sure this will fix your issue but maybe It'll help in some way. Not many know every little detail on how this game works, I knew enough to nearly 1k the game (just lazy with the last 3 xheevo's - took 3 months of gametime to finish, i had to restart on disc 2 which promted my rant of a tips thread. lol)
hope this helps my friend... stick with it, its really a gem of an RPG IMO.
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