Gods Eater Burst

- Heavier shield classes will reduce damage a great deal more than lighter ones while blocking, but they deploy a tiny bit slower. I didn't see this mentioned for a while.

- I like to use short blades against really fast bosses like Vajra. Crowd its hind legs and keep the pressure on. Step cancel to keep up as it tries to turn around. Then the only thing you'll have to watch for is the lightning explosions centered on you or itself. You can block it from anywhere inside the radius if you face the center. It can get a little frenzied when it rages, but that's when you use a stun grenade if you need breathing room.

- Generally, I try to equip and boost elemental weaknesses for bosses. It's getting to the point where that stuff is showing up on my gear so I can use upgrade slots for other fun things like wide guard or charge power up when I'd rather use a buster.

- I also like railguns so I can get awesome boosts and cheaper OP costs on lasers. The best bullets seem to be expensive compound bullets. For example, the ones I use now I can usually fire 3 times before running out. It's just a series of tightly packed lasers.

- On missions against multiple bosses, you pretty much always want to separate them. Sometimes you begin the mission completely surrounded. That's when you hide and order the party to disperse. Watch the map and attack anything that gets singled out as they chase everyone else. If you start the mission with no enemies in sight, tell them to search instead. That can keep anything they find from joining up with the others. NPCs do a good job of taking care of themselves so anyone left playing decoy will be fine with at least one other person there.