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   1 # Etrian Odyssey
   2
   3 Etrian Odyssey (世界樹の迷宮 in Japanese, Seikaiju no Meikyuu, meaning
   4 Labyrinth of the World Tree) is a series of dungeon-crawling JRPGs,
   5 originally released for the DS and 3DS.
   6
   7 The two major distinctive gimmicks of the series are:
   8
   9 1. The player draws their own map on the touch screen.
  10 2. Certain enemies are F.O.E.s (Field On Enemy in the Japanese; don't
  11    ask what the English localization calls them), which are stronger
  12    than other monsters and are encountered, not in random encounters,
  13    but moving about through the dungeon.
  14    Typically they serve as a sort of puzzle, at least when first
  15    encountered: the player will observe their movement patterns and
  16    attempt to sneak past them without drawing their attention and
  17    getting into a battle they can't win.
  18
  19 In each game, the player recruits a number of members to their guild,
  20 choosing the characters' names, portraits, and classes.
  21 The guild then explores a labyrinth divided into themed Strata (or, in
  22 the case of EO4, a series of separate smaller labyrinths and
  23 single-floor caves), battling random encounters and F.O.E.s and
  24 eventually stratum Bosses.
  25 There are usually five strata, as well as a sixth post-game Stratum.
  26
  27 Each class has a skill tree, of varying complexity depending on the
  28 game.
  29 Unfortunately, the games never reveal the full details of skills
  30 in-game, so you have to rely on guides or Let's Plays or data dumps if
  31 you want to know the exact numbers/percentages/etc. (and sometimes the
  32 exact numbers are a big deal).
  33
  34 [][@:Rinna] has completed the maingames of EO1 through EO3, and done
  35 the 1st Stratum of EO4 and the EO1 remake Etrian Odyssey Untold: The
  36 Millenium Girl (in story mode).
  37
  38 In EO1, rinna started out with a team of a Protector, a hybrid
  39 sword/axe Landsknecht, a Survivalist, a tri-element Alchemist, and a
  40 Medic.
  41 Later on, fae switched out the Protector and Alchemist for a Troubadour
  42 and a whip-using Dark Hunter.
  43
  44 In EO2, fae used a whip DH again, an Overhead-stance Ronin, a War
  45 Magus, a Gunner, and a Hexer.
  46 For a few strata, fae swapped in a Medic for the Gunner so the War
  47 Magus could focus on buffing and TP sustain.
  48
  49 In EO3, rinna's team started out as a Hoplite, a rapier Buccaneer, an Arbalist, a healing-focused Princess, and a Zodiac.
  50 Later in the game, after subclasses became available, fae switched out
  51 the Princess for a Monk/Sovereign for stronger heals, subclassed the
  52 damage dealers /Gladiator for Charge and Berserker's Vow, and the
  53 Hoplite /Ninja for a clone to protect both rows.