Posted: Tue Oct 20, 2020 5:45 am
You don't need anything from the IAP shop to complete the game. However, the post-game does require some items from the IAP if you wish to succeed. You will not triumph in the very first post-game battle, against the "Mine Thieves" (story # 286 in the "secret journal") unless you obtain the Paralysis Res Orb II and the Silence Res Orb II. These orbs allow you to enhance your armor and block all paralysis and silence attacks.
"But wait a minute," you say. I don't need those, because I have plenty of Paralysis Res Orb I and Silence Res Orb I from the normal game. And they are stackable."
Ah, yes, the game claims they are stackable, but in fact they are not. These orbs can only be applied to armor, and a character can only wear one armor at a time. The game does not permit you to put two of these orbs on the same piece of armor! Consequently, you cannot double the strength of the type I orb, so you will find yourself slowly succumbing in battle to an onslaught of paralysis and silence.
"But wait a minute," you say. I don't need those, because I have plenty of Paralysis Res Orb I and Silence Res Orb I from the normal game. And they are stackable."
Ah, yes, the game claims they are stackable, but in fact they are not. These orbs can only be applied to armor, and a character can only wear one armor at a time. The game does not permit you to put two of these orbs on the same piece of armor! Consequently, you cannot double the strength of the type I orb, so you will find yourself slowly succumbing in battle to an onslaught of paralysis and silence.