Does anyone else notice the screen keep going black for a split second whenever a scene changes CG? Its extremely annoying, I never seen any other game does this, is this intended? Anyway to turn it off?
Is there a way to get more equipment or items? I haven't see any kind of shop, unless I'm blind.
Also whats the point of research? I know you can summon unit directly with points once the bar is maxed. But to max the bar you usually need to sac multiples of that unit ... since the ones you recruit never die ... why not just recruit them from the get go instead of sacing for research then summon them after? Its very counter intuitive.
Lastly, is there a way to summon / get more rare-variant of monsters?
1. Doesn't happen to me. Must be a user-specific PC issue.
2. No shop, players get items and equipment from quest rewards and treasure drops on the map. Cheat engine players can cheat their way out of any situation, everyone else has to play carefully and decide if they really want to use that healing potion if there's a way to avoid the damage or spread it out to begin with.
3. Research unlocks units which can be summoned at any time when the player wants them. As already noted, they either come out at level 1 or summoned at the highest level commanded by the player. For casual players, it's not really necessary. Those playing the game seriously who want every possible benefit as soon as possible will like the feature, since it might mean getting a class upgrade several stages sooner than the game intended. It's also a fallback if players aren't thorough at capturing every single unit possible.
4. Rare variant monsters? Don't know what that means, but every unit in the game bar the unique characters (angels, demons and the unique variants of the regular monsters) can be summoned. Another reason for research, especially if players are short of a resource for a class upgrade and realised later they sacrificed the right candidate several stages before.
For the unique monster variants (unique slime, unique goblin, unique orc, unique succubi variants, unique angel, unique harpy, unique naga etc.), players have one chance to catch and recruit them. Miss that chance and it means retrying the stage or waiting for new game plus to try again. Players can tell visually where these monsters are, since they have a slightly different appearance and have a unique name. Upgrading these unique units does not change their appearance (e.g. the unique angel looks the same whether she's an angel or upgraded to tier 5).
Research is also required to summon monsters that otherwise do not appear as enemies in the game (most notable examples are the skeleton warrior and the king slime).