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One thing I've found that is pretty fun, now that I've unlocked the ability to infinitely level weapons without limit, is to set the max weapons to 1, such that you only ever get your starting weapon. (Or maybe to 2, I guess, for characters that start with 2, though I haven't tried one of those yet for this.) So far, though, I've only done this with the Mask of the Red Death and Antonio Belpaese. Depending on which characters you try this with, it may not be quite so fun. ¬_¬
I've gone with mostly the same passives (you still get those) both times, though I think I might just restart this whole process on Moongolow, since on that you get almost all of the passives as stage items. I'd probably definitely start with the Mad Groove (VIII) Arcana, just to make things simpler. (Not sure if I'll try to level up first to get the remaining ones that you don't get via the level itself, such as Torrona's Box, before picking up any of the stage items.) I did the first two such runs on Mad Forest, which just happened to have as a stage item the Hollow Heart to evolve the Whip for Antonio. (Red Death, of course, already starts with the evolved Axe.)
(EDIT) Thinking more on it, the only bad thing about doing it on Moongolow and taking all of the passives is that it would just be that much longer before you could start over-leveling the weapon, due to having to max out all of the passives first. Maybe not using Mad Groove, and then just taking the passives that actually affect the weapon would be best, since aside from the "hidden" items, I think the rest of the passives are still right next to the start of the level, but not as bunched together, such that it would be easier to pick and choose. (/EDIT)
(EDIT 2) Yeah... actually, Moongolow is pretty terrible for this, and not just for the above mentioned reasons, but also because there are so few xp dropping enemies (the pots drop money) in the early going. (/EDIT 2)
(EDIT 3) And, indeed, some characters are way shittier and much less fun (if not outright impossible) to try to do this challenge with. (/EDIT 3)
I've gone with mostly the same passives (you still get those) both times, though I think I might just restart this whole process on Moongolow, since on that you get almost all of the passives as stage items. I'd probably definitely start with the Mad Groove (VIII) Arcana, just to make things simpler. (Not sure if I'll try to level up first to get the remaining ones that you don't get via the level itself, such as Torrona's Box, before picking up any of the stage items.) I did the first two such runs on Mad Forest, which just happened to have as a stage item the Hollow Heart to evolve the Whip for Antonio. (Red Death, of course, already starts with the evolved Axe.)
(EDIT) Thinking more on it, the only bad thing about doing it on Moongolow and taking all of the passives is that it would just be that much longer before you could start over-leveling the weapon, due to having to max out all of the passives first. Maybe not using Mad Groove, and then just taking the passives that actually affect the weapon would be best, since aside from the "hidden" items, I think the rest of the passives are still right next to the start of the level, but not as bunched together, such that it would be easier to pick and choose. (/EDIT)
(EDIT 2) Yeah... actually, Moongolow is pretty terrible for this, and not just for the above mentioned reasons, but also because there are so few xp dropping enemies (the pots drop money) in the early going. (/EDIT 2)
(EDIT 3) And, indeed, some characters are way shittier and much less fun (if not outright impossible) to try to do this challenge with. (/EDIT 3)
