Big Bang Age:Hints and Tips

Common Problems
Most players have same problems

So watch out for...


 * BP money
 * Their Loyality gauge
 * Party members' HP and SP
 * Raid Attacks

Recommanded characters
I know BBA game could be very much hard for beginning players to play through.


 * Recruit Erika Miyazato and her gangs since Erika able to wipe almost any enemies without problems


 * Recruit Burai Yamamoto for having good evasion and his skill can evade any enemies' attack without problems


 * Recruit Kyouko Senpuuji, she have nice strong attack for long range


 * Don't recruit the recruitable party member who have high cost


 * Touma Kanata is one of the most powerful characters, and can increase earned EXP with his skill.

How to make allies

 * How to capture enemies as your allies in easy way;


 * use Hibiki Sanae, Ariake Harami, Ururuka, Asakura Yuma who have special skills to prevent their attacks from finishing enemies


 * use Francine, Misugi Ryoutarou and Ninjacaptor Zakuro for to increase the chance of capturing enemies

Leveling up in fast way

 * Touma has a skill that increases the EXP you earn from battle. If you need to level any characters, bring him along.


 * In Dungeons, it will level up fast

How to increase their Loyality gauge

 * Talk to one party member to increase his/her Loyality gauge


 * Pay in "Bonus" to reset her/his Loyality gauge fully


 * To get Pink Ball item by Suppress Transylvania. Suppress Akan Lake (阿寒湖). On a phase where the moon is full, trigger the event まりもごろごろ


 * Do "H" Shion for increase all of the party members' loyality gauge

How to gather more BP in fast way

 * The more you invade, the more you get BP money.


 * You gain BP by stationing units in conquered areas. It is useful to recruit a few generic schoolgirls in the first two chapters so you can use them to gather BP.


 * Alarm Clock item will decrease all party members' pay


 * Build Curry Wolf Restaurants in certain areas

Very important things to watch for

 * Make sure to heal them by putting some of characters who lost HP out in region boxes to rest there every time


 * As for their loyality gauge, it's very important to pay attention to their loyality gauge. Pay them to increase the loyality of a party member to avoid abandoning you which you will lose a party member who lacked the loyality to zero in the loyality gauge


 * It's very important to know what are your party members' strong points and weakness points against enemies


 * Station units with high LAW and INC points to avoid "Riots". It's very important to make peace in every area


 * Every time you start a game, your experience will grow so your skills as well, you eventually know how to play


 * It's very important to upgrade their star levels, they will be stronger than before.

Character Comparisons

 * Erika and her gang vs the sisters: For your first playthrough, Erika will be very helpful. Her advantage against most of the early enemies plus her high attack will make things much easier early on. Kendo has a lot of attack, and her sister Kyudou is better than Erika's goons. Kendo is more usefull in the National Chapter after recruiting Murakumo. I recomend Erika for beginners, but the sisters on the next playthrough, at least.

Erika and her gangs
Pro:
 * Her advantage of anti-alignment type against most of the early enemies with normal type
 * Good ATK
 * Recommanded for beginning players
 * Plus with two gangs with Long Range types.
 * Their PAY is very low

Con:
 * Only one anti-alignment type
 * Two gangs aren't very useful in battle for having low stats

VS

Kendo and Kyuudo
Pro:
 * Kendo's special skill increase her ATK
 * Kyuudo's special skill reduce enemy's counter rate to zero
 * Kendo's SP is very high
 * Their Anti-Alignment type against both Black and White B type

Con:
 * low LAW and INC stats
 * Kyuudo or Kendo will defeated in combat, one sister will abandon you


 * Nanana vs Mizuki. An interesting pair. Mizuki is faster, an Nanana has decent attack. However, if you don't intend to do their star events, Mizuki wins easily. Nanana's starting skill is actually a burden, as it pretty much guarentees the enemy will counter. With star events, Mizuki is still a bit better thanks to her speed plus her usefull skill, but Nanana becomes much more usable. Another reason to pick Nanana is to recruit Akuu, who is a very good (and very goofy) character. He is worth taking Nanana for, definetely.

Nanana
Pro:


 * Great ATK
 * Good SP
 * Getting the "Spirit Bag" of clearing her 4th Star
 * Getting Abao Akuu of clearing her 5th star
 * Obtain her second special skill that will increase the damage done by allies in the same station with her

Con:
 * Lacked EVA
 * Her first special skill will help enemies for doubling their enemy counter rate
 * Very low LAW and INC

VS

Mizuki
Pro:


 * Good EVA
 * Her special skill to predict enemy's move
 * LAW and INC are fairly good

Con:


 * Weak ATK


 * Burai vs Kinako. Burai is the better fighter, but Kinako isn't too bad. her attack and accuracy are high, but her HP and speed are low. Burai's skill is also more usefull, and helps him remain useful throught the game. He also has an advantage against most of the early enemies.

Burai
Pro:
 * Great stats
 * His special skill maxed EVA to 999 to dodge anything
 * His Anti-Alignment type against enemies with Normal type

Con:


 * Nope

VS

Kinako
Pro:


 * Her Anti-Alignment type against both Black and White B type
 * Her special skill maxed HIT to 999
 * To get "Golden Turtle" item in station her in Toukyou (闘京) and trigger the event "きなこの買い物"
 * Every 25 levels her Stamina goes up by 1.

Con:


 * Low stats


 * Ren, Daigo, and Kunagi vs Sanzou, Senna, and Kyouko: Ren cannot be recruited with Sanzou or Kyouko, and Daigo cannot be recruited with Sanzou. Ren vs Sanzou is your most important choice, since it decides the story path (Sanzou-Senna, Ren-Kunagi). For the most characters, go with Kyouko on Senna's route and Daigo on Kunagi's. Kyouko is a decent long range unit with good attack and speed that will be helpful early on, but she may fall behind if you don't use her too often. Daigo is one of the best close range units, and becomes one of the best mid range units later. He is also very helpfull in the chapter he joins in and through the rest of the game. Sanzou is a powerful tank, with a very interesting skill. He can withstand strong attacks and even turn them against his opponent. Ren has good HP, attack and accuracy and decent speed. His skill can be useful if used early on. Senna is a very strong character, but will almost never dodge. Her skill balances this out a little though. Kunagi has god attack, and is the fastest character in the game (Daigo may catch up).

Ren: His special skill will help you to obtain items. Middle Range type user.

Daigo: Short range user. But with amazing EVA and have a transformation to become middle range type user known as "Devil Daigo"

Kunagi: Short range user. With great EVA. She can dodge anything plus she got nice Anti types

Senna: Middle Range user. She lacked anti types and EVA but her special skill will help her to survive after every battle as always

Sanzou: Short Range user. He lacked EVA but He can withstand strong attacks with strong stats.

Kyouko: Long Range user. She have good attack power for being long range user.


 * Hanzou, Iori, Kagao, Unamura Vs Igarashi, Camilla, Neko Banchou. The first group can only be recruited on Senna's path, and the second group only on Kunagi's. Hanzou is a fairly good long range unit, and can end up pretty useful if you take the time to use him. He has good speed, decent attack, and a useful skill in certain situations. Iori is a lot like Senna, but with a type advantage and a toned down skill. Her attack will climb up much like Senna's does. Kagao is basically a long-range tank. He can take a lot of hits, and he is one of the strongest long range characters. His high attack and high HP balance out his low speed. Unamura is almost his direct opposite. Low HP and decent attack, but a lot of speed. Igarashi is a lot like Kagao, but with slightly less HP in exchange for higher speed and a type advantage. Camilla is also a long range unit, and is quite usefull at the time she joins. Her attack and HP aren't as high as some of the others, but her type advantage makes her a good character against the Holy Flame, as not many characters have that advantage. She can be good otherwise as well if you take the time with her. Neko Banchou...has some pretty low stats. His speed is decent, but his other stats make him a bit difficult to use. His skill can be helpfull in some situations, but only if you are either willling to sacrifice him or equip him with an item to increase his HP.