Finished off Bravely Second a couple of days ago. Pretty great. Gameplay-wise, it was step-up from BD. Having more interesting classes to play around with and the consecutive chains really made a difference for me. Plot-wise, I'm sort of iffy on, just to sum it up in a couple quick words, this didn't feel like a proper follow-up to BD. Everything I wanted answers to in the first game wasn't acknowledge or lightly touched on, and only opened up even further questions. However! Bravely Second's 'New Game +' is an extremely novel idea.
(also, don't look that up because it's spoilers, lol)
Regarding two classes, Patissier and Guardian. I never used Alchemist in BD, so I don't have the proper knowledge to make an apt comparison between it and Patissier. Regardless, I loved Patissier; I wasn't exactly fond of having to buying the ingredients every now and then (I mainly forgot), but inflicting elemental weaknesses is wtf tier. Skated by the entire mid-late game portions using this, lol.
Guardian is fantastic, solely based on the premise that Possession can get bonkers at times. Primarily used it with Swordmaster, as the synergy between the two make for a very effective tank. Constant aggro, veritable amounts of bulk, and all the while building Spirit Energy = profit.
Also, I'm amused that all of the broken set-ups that I abused in BD all got gutted, lmao. RIP, Stillness + Hasten World, Black Bane + Sword Drain, and Group Sleep + Status Amp (actually, this might be alive in BS since Catmancer has Catnap. But, I haven't really tested it because that requires me to actually use Catmancer).
i love wizard too but hate the ugly black outfit haha
I actually liked the outfit, lol. Magnolia pulled it off magnificently, and it's one of the few costumes that has her in a ponytail. And, Tiz has the hood! Not that I used Tiz as a Wizard, but it's still cool nonetheless.
Artbook was amazing to go through - I also didn't expect it to be so large and with 500 pages. Neat thing to have!
Side note, Charioteer is pretty darn useful. Trample in particular for grinding or just steamrolling through common enemies, and throwing weapons also works pretty well, haha. (At the end of the job you also get the ability Quad Wield... and if you combine that with the NInja dual wield ability... :V)
I found Fencer to be lackluster as well, but Bishop gets better and I found more useful than White Mage for healing.
I was mildly surprised that a large portion of the book was dedicated to Bravely Second. I was expecting a couple of concept arts from Bravely Default to pop in, but nope. I actually wanted to see a couple of the artwork for Praying Brage but alas, there was Bravely Archives instead, which was equally as cute.
Quad Wield + Ninja was absurdly exhilarating. Paper thin defence (Good thing Possession is a thing), for sure, but I can't possibly pass on that overkill offence.
I will actually take back my words about Bishop, haha. Once I got Group Cast Master, it definitely outshone White Mage. 100% healing on the entire party for a mere 24 MP, is absolutely criminal. Let's keep this class for Bravely Third.
