deSPIRIA（Dreamcast）
📖 Mind Dive, Mind development, and combat
The three supporting pillars: puzzle-solving through dives, creating and developing Minds, and combat fundamentals.
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Mind Dive means entering another person's subconscious. It is both a place for puzzles and an entry point for obtaining Minds as combat strength. Created Minds can accompany you and fight like allied demons in Megami Tensei. Whom you dive into and what you gain affect your available approaches.
| Phase | Objective | Checklist |
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| Early game | Learn the fundamentals of Mind Dive and combat through practice |
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| Midgame | Develop your Minds while solving dive puzzles |
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| Late game | Approach the truth and prepare for the final battle |
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1. You cannot progress because you do not know what to do during a dive
Cause: You have not connected inner voices and memory fragments as clues
Solution: List the words you collected, look for contradictions and repetition, and infer what the person is concealing
2. Your Minds are underpowered and enemies overwhelm you
Cause: Your formation relies too heavily on particular Minds, or development is insufficient
Solution: Retrain in an available nearby farming area and rebuild the formation with Minds that have different roles
3. Progress stops because you do not know the next location or event
Cause: Optional exploration and required events have become mixed together
Solution: Organize recent conversations and objectives, then prioritize people you have not dived into and unvisited locations
Mind Dive means entering another person's subconscious. It is both a place for puzzles and an entry point for obtaining Minds as combat strength. Created Minds can accompany you and fight like allied demons in Megami Tensei. Whom you dive into and what you gain affect your available approaches.
- ▸ Diving combines puzzle-solving with acquiring combat strength
- ▸ Obtained Minds can serve as party combatants
- ▸ What you obtain varies with the person and circumstances of the dive
Combat centers on your accompanying Minds, and combining different roles improves reliability. Neglecting development can leave you short of damage or durability, so select a main force and strengthen it consistently. Do not forget to secure ways to heal.
- ▸ Divide roles such as attackers and support when building a formation
- ▸ Choose your main Minds and prioritize their development
- ▸ Check healing and recovery options before combat
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